\Ve*ra"cious\, a. [L. verax, -acis, fr. verus true.
See {Very}.]
1. Observant of truth; habitually speaking truth; truthful;
   as, veracious historian.
         The Spirit is most perfectly and absolutely
         veracious.                            --Barrow.
2. Characterized by truth; not false; as, a veracious account
   or narrative.
         The young, ardent soul that enters on this world
         with heroic purpose, with veracious insight, will
         find it a mad one.                    --Carlyle.