n. [ L. feritas, from ferus wild. ] Wildness; savageness; fierceness. [ Obs. ] Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Verities [ F. vérité, L. veritas, fr. verus true. See Very. ] 1. The quality or state of being true, or real; consonance of a statement, proposition, or other thing, with fact; truth; reality. “The verity of certain words.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is a proposition of eternal verity, that none can govern while he is despised. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is true; a true assertion or tenet; a truth; a reality. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mark what I say, which you shall find
By every syllable a faithful verity. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]