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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Middle English form of
very .
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Examples
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It is saied that they did not theis thinges/and therfor are they taken for true and veray worshippers of Godd.
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Few of them, however, can hope to have their deeds commemorated by a "veray parfit, gentle knight" -- of the quill, not of the sword, albeit the letters which he writes after his name would once have indicated the possession of military rank and distinction.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875 Various
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It came at last to my Lord him self, who macking it veray nyce for a lytill space, gave in the end ane plain confessioun, and said, 'I am the yongest man, and yitt have I haid the round desone; and sevin of thame ar menis wyffis.'
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox
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An attendant, on being asked how the queen passed her time, wrote, "that all day she wrought with her nydil and that the diversity of the colours made the work seem less tedious and that she contynued so long at it that veray payn made hir to give over."
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[128] Caxton has: "It happed she sayde that other whyle deuoute feruour of a sowle leuyng oure lorde Jhesu other by somme certeyne synne, or ellys by newe sotyll temptacyons of the fende wexyth dull and slowe, and other whyle it is y-brought to veray coldenesse."
The Cell of Self-Knowledge : seven early English mystical treatises printed by Henry Pepwell in 1521 Henry Pepwell 1902
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"If M'sieu 'could persuade _'er_ wife to wear _'is_ new' at, so veray charming?"
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 1, 1920 Various 1898
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English language it is so veray funny, and I 'ave not yet become quite used to it.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 1, 1920 Various 1898
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England and of France, and lordship of Ireland; and promette and swere that in case hereafter it happen you by Goddis disposition do outlive our sovereigne lord, I shall then take and accept you for true, veray and righteous King of
Richard III Makers of History Jacob Abbott 1841
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Latin speech, and the _veray_ Roman tongue, which in the time of Tully and Sallust and Virgil and Terence was used -- I say that filthiness, and all such abusion, which the later blind world brought in, which more rather may be called
Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance Thomas Frognall Dibdin 1811
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RW glossary: verse 1: This endris (or "thys ender" or "this endurs"): The other ever among: occasionally, all the while verse 3: veray: verily, in truth verse 5: light: alight no nay: undeniable, not to be denied
This Endris Night 1475
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