vere

See also: Vere, vére, veré, vêre, verë, věře, and вере

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eːrə

Verb

vere

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of veren

Anagrams

• erve, ever, veer, vree

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

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Adverb

vere

1. truly

Related terms

• vera
• vero

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Estonian

Noun

vere

1. genitive singular of veri

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Ido

Etymology

From vera +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ.rɛ/, /ˈve.re/

Adverb

vere

1. truly

Related terms

• vera
• vereso

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Ingrian

Etymology

Akin to Finnish virhe.

Noun

vere

1. fault

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Italian

Adjective

vere

1. Feminine plural of adjective vero.

Noun

vere f pl

1. plural of vera

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Latin

Etymology 1

vērus (“true”) +‎ -ē (adverb formant)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈweː.reː/
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈve.re/, [ˈvɛː.rɛ]

Adverb

vērē (comparative vērius, superlative vērissimē)

1. truly, verily
   • 4th century, St Jerome, Vulgate, Luke 21:3

     et dixit vere dico vobis quia vidua haec pauper plus quam omnes misit (And he said: Verily, I say to you that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all.)

Synonyms

• (truly): vērum, vērō

References

• vere in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vere in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vere in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) at the beginning of spring: ineunte, primo vere
    
  • (ambiguous) a man who genuinely wishes the people's good: homo vere popularis (Catil. 4. 5. 9)
    
  • (ambiguous) without wishing to boast, yet..: quod vere praedicare possum
    

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈweː.re/, [ˈweː.rɛ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈve.re/, [ˈvɛː.rɛ]

Adjective

vēre

1. vocative masculine singular of vērus

Etymology 3

From vēr (“spring”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈweː.re/, [ˈweː.rɛ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈve.re/, [ˈvɛː.rɛ]

Noun

vēre n

1. ablative singular of vēr

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Leonese

Etymology

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Verb

vere

1. to see

References

• AEDLL

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

vere (present tense er, past tense var, past participle vore, passive infinitive verast, present participle verande, imperative ver)

1. Alternative form of vera

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Romanian

Noun

vere

1. plural of vară

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Serbo-Croatian

Verb

vere (Cyrillic spelling вере)

1. third-person plural present of veriti