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English nurse and writer (1893–1970)
Vera Mary Brittain (29 December 1893 – 29 March 1970) was an English Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) nurse, writer, feminist, socialist and pacifist. Her
Vera_Brittain
British Army officer (1895–1918)
his sister Vera Brittain in Testament of Youth. Brittain was born at Macclesfield, Cheshire, to paper manufacturer Thomas Arthur Brittain (1864–1935)
Edward_Brittain
Swedish actress (born 1988)
Royal Affair. Vikander achieved global recognition for her roles as Vera Brittain in Testament of Youth (2014), as Ava, a humanoid robot in Ex Machina
Alicia_Vikander
2014 British film
World War memoir of the same name written by Vera Brittain. The film stars Alicia Vikander as Vera Brittain, an independent young woman who abandoned her
Testament_of_Youth_(film)
Memoir by Vera Brittain covering 1900–1925
Youth is a memoir of British nurse and activist Vera Brittain (1893–1970), published in 1933. Brittain's memoir covers the years 1900 to 1925, and continues
Testament_of_Youth
British politician and academic (1930–2021)
philosopher Sir George Catlin and the pacifist writer Vera Brittain. Williams's grandmother, Brittain's mother, was born in Aberystwyth, Wales. She was educated
Shirley_Williams
the Great War, best remembered for being immortalised in his friend Vera Brittain's First World War best-selling 1933 memoir Testament of Youth. Richardson
Victor Richardson (British Army officer)
Victor_Richardson_(British_Army_officer)
College of the University of Oxford
Thatcher, Indira Gandhi, Dorothy Hodgkin, Iris Murdoch, Philippa Foot, Vera Brittain and Dorothy L. Sayers. In June 1878, the Association for the Higher
Somerville_College,_Oxford
1979 British television drama series
of the same name written by Vera Brittain. It was transmitted on BBC2. The series stars Cheryl Campbell as Vera Brittain, an independent young woman from
Testament of Youth (TV series)
Testament_of_Youth_(TV_series)
Town in Derbyshire, England
Buxton Hydropathic Hotel, with the Palace Hotel annexed. The author Vera Brittain trained as a Voluntary Aid Detachment nurse at the Devonshire Hospital
Buxton
English actress (born 1949)
Pennies from Heaven (1978). Campbell is known for her starring role as Vera Brittain in the BBC's television dramatisation of Testament of Youth (1979),
Cheryl_Campbell
British poet and soldier
British poet and soldier, made posthumously famous by his fiancée Vera Brittain's memoir, Testament of Youth. His parents, Robert Leighton and Marie
Roland_Leighton
Name list
pianist and teacher Vera Brezhneva (born 1982), Ukrainian pop-singer and television presenter Vera Brittain (1893–1970), English writer Vera Broido (1907–2004)
Vera_(given_name)
Town and civil parish in Cheshire, England
Army officer Vera Brittain (1893–1970) nurse, feminist and pacifist, wrote Testament of Youth, lived locally as a child Edward Brittain (1895 in Macclesfield
Macclesfield
Market town in Staffordshire, England
Janet Bloomfield (née Hood) is a peace and disarmament campaigner. Vera Brittain. writer, feminist (and mother of Labour Party Minister and later Liberal
Newcastle-under-Lyme
English novelist and journalist (1898–1935)
1919, she returned to study at the University of Oxford where she met Vera Brittain, a fellow student and later the author of Testament of Youth, with whom
Winifred_Holtby
writer Katie Breathwick, broadcaster, Classic FM Edward Brittain, younger brother of Vera Brittain, whose stories are told in her autobiography Testament
List_of_Old_Uppinghamians
English political scientist and philosopher (1896–1979)
June 1970. p. 6365. Vera Brittain, autobiographies, Testament of Youth (1933) and Testament of Experience (1957) Brittain, Vera. Testament of Experience
George Catlin (political scientist)
George_Catlin_(political_scientist)
brought her international recognition. Vikander starred as wartime nurse Vera Brittain in the 2014 drama Testament of Youth, for which she was nominated at
List of awards and nominations received by Alicia Vikander
List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Alicia_Vikander
Surname list
Major (R.S.M.) Thomas Brittain (1806–1884), British naturalist Thomas Lewis Brittain (1744–1827), English Dominican Vera Brittain (1893–1970), English
Brittain_(surname)
English actress
1979 she played Nurse Sally in the mini-series Testament of Youth, Vera Brittain's classic memoir of World War I. Doctors: episode "Mr Right", (2011)
Jane_Booker
Residential district in Paddington, London
Joanna Mary Boyce (1831–1861), portrait painter, born in Maida Vale. Vera Brittain (1893–1970), writer, at 111 Wymering Mansions, Wymering Road. Helen
Maida_Vale
original on May 22, 2018. Retrieved April 16, 2021. Mark Bostridge, Vera Brittain and the First World War: The Story of Testament of Youth (Bloomsbury
List_of_suicides_(1900–1999)
Episode #2.1 1996 The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century Vera Brittain 2 episodes 1998 Merlin Morgan le Fay 3 episodes 2002 Live from Baghdad
List of Helena Bonham Carter performances
List_of_Helena_Bonham_Carter_performances
1998 studio album by Mark Hollis
Leighton (1895–1915), a British soldier and poet who was the fiancé of Vera Brittain at the time of his death in World War I. Hollis has stated about the
Mark_Hollis_(album)
British writer and critic
book was Vera Brittain: A Life, co-written with Paul Berry and published in 1995. This biography of the writer and peace campaigner Vera Brittain was shortlisted
Mark_Bostridge
Theological and ethical position
Paul and Bostridge, Mark, Vera Brittain: A Life, 1995, ISBN 0-7011-2679-5 (p. 445). Loretta Stec, "Pacifism, Vera Brittain, and India". Peace Review,
Christian_pacifism
first published in The Times in September 1914. Female poets such as Vera Brittain also wrote from the home front, to lament the losses of brothers and
History of the United Kingdom during the First World War
History_of_the_United_Kingdom_during_the_First_World_War
British actor (born 1983)
German Short film Easy Virtue Phillip Hurst A Woman in Love and War: Vera Brittain Roland Leighton Television film documentary 2009 When Boris Met Dave
Christian_Brassington
Muriel Lester, Thomas Merton, Amparo Poch Gascón, C. W. W. Kannangara, Vera Brittain, Ammon Hennacy, Rachel Carson, Oskar Schindler, Anna Mae Aquash, Golda
List of individuals nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize (1900–1949)
List_of_individuals_nominated_for_the_Nobel_Peace_Prize_(1900–1949)
British actress and writer
known for her lead role as Vera Brittain in the 2008 BBC One television documentary A Woman in Love and War: Vera Brittain and for portraying Jane Corby
Katherine_Manners
French-Canadian actress
Theatre Royal, Bath Regional Jekyll & Hyde Gabriel John Utterson Reading Rep Theatre 2023 The Land of Might-Have-Been Vera Brittain Buxton Opera House
Audrey_Brisson
British writer, critic and editor (1936–2017)
Adventures of a Restless Wife (1985), in addition to a 1987 biography of Vera Brittain. Bailey's work characteristically has a focus on women, including sequels
Hilary_Bailey
took four or five weeks to die of mustard gas exposure. One nurse, Vera Brittain, wrote: "I wish those people who talk about going on with this war whatever
Chemical weapons in World War I
Chemical_weapons_in_World_War_I
Voluntary unit of the British Empire
experiences are related in her memoir A Diary Without Dates published in 1918 Vera Brittain, British author of the best-selling 1933 memoir Testament of Youth,
Voluntary_Aid_Detachment
1936 novel by Winifred Holtby
and broadcast in February 2011. Testament of Friendship by Vera Brittain (1940). Vera Brittain: A Life by Paul Berry and Mark Bostridge (1995). Chapter
South_Riding_(novel)
and Susie Dent, reformer Cornelia Sorabji, writers Marjorie Boulton, Vera Brittain, A. S. Byatt, Susan Cooper, Penelope Fitzgerald, Alan Hollinghurst,
List of people associated with Somerville College, Oxford
List_of_people_associated_with_Somerville_College,_Oxford
County of England
Bennett (1867–1931), novelist Havergal Brian (1876–1972), composer Vera Brittain (1893–1970), writer, feminist Bruno Brookes (born 1959), radio DJ Clarice
Staffordshire
Brontë Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain A Texas Cowboy by Charles A. Siringo Theaetetus by Plato Thérèse Raquin
List_of_Penguin_Classics
Blythe (St John's) Marjorie Boulton (Somerville) William Boyd (Jesus) Vera Brittain (Somerville) Christine Brooke-Rose (Somerville) John Buchan, 1st Baron
List of University of Oxford people
List_of_University_of_Oxford_people
Philosophy opposing war or violence
successful German invasion of Britain, included three active pacifists: Vera Brittain, Sybil Thorndike and Aldous Huxley (who had left the country). There
Pacifism
Church of England secondary school in London
Medical Corps to treat military casualties. The poet and pacifist, Vera Brittain, worked as a nurse at the hospital during the war. After the Second
Charles_Edward_Brooke_School
1678 Christian allegory written by John Bunyan
of Bedfordshire that apparently turn up in The Pilgrim's Progress. Vera Brittain in her thoroughly researched biography of Bunyan, identifies seven locations
The_Pilgrim's_Progress
District in West End, London
died bankrupt and disowned by his family at 34 Bedford Court Mansions. Vera Brittain (1893–1970) and Winifred Holtby (1898–1935), lived at 58 Doughty Street
Bloomsbury
Christian cleric and saint (316/336–397)
to him. There is also a plaque commemorating noted Anglican pacifist Vera Brittain. The steps of St Martin-in-the-Fields are often used for peace vigils
Martin_of_Tours
English actor (born 1988)
O'Sullivan, Michael (11 June 2015). "'Testament of Youth' captures Vera Brittain's innocence and steely will". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived
Jonathan_Bailey
British multinational financial services company
which formed the basis for the site, was attended by the novelist Vera Brittain, mother of the politician Shirley Williams. The Kingswood site, which
Legal_&_General
City and district in Oxfordshire, England
Brian Aldiss (1925–2017), science fiction novelist, lived in Oxford. Vera Brittain (1893–1970), undergraduate at Somerville. John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir
Oxford
Area of South East London
Goldsmiths was deeply uncool. The building was also the hospital where Vera Brittain served as a nurse and described in her memoir Testament of Youth. Thomas
Camberwell
Street in Chelsea, London
actor, lived for a short time at No.2, on the corner with Flood Street. Vera Brittain, novelist and pacifist, and her husband, George Catlin, lived at number
Cheyne_Walk
Pacifist organisation in the UK
the position quickly drew criticism from other PPU activists such as Vera Brittain and Andrew Stewart. Clive Bell left the PPU shortly afterwards and by
Peace_Pledge_Union
as significant a role as men. Accordingly, only one body of work, Vera Brittain’s autobiographical, Testament of Youth, was added to the canon of Great
British women's literature of World War I
British_women's_literature_of_World_War_I
Calendar year
1892) March 21 – Marlen Haushofer, Austrian author (b. 1920) March 29 – Vera Brittain, British writer (b. 1893) March 30 – Heinrich Brüning, German academic
1970
Upland area in England
Rousseau, Lord Byron, Thomas Moore, Richard Furness, D. H. Lawrence, Vera Brittain, Richmal Crompton and Nat Gould. The landscapes and historic houses
Peak_District
Village and parish in England.
boarding school of the same name. A notable former student was the author Vera Brittain. Kingswood Golf and Country Club occupies the south of the Kingswood
Kingswood,_Surrey
Northern Irish actor (born 1986)
feature adaptation of Vera Brittain's World War I memoir Testament of Youth. To prepare for the role of the soldier, Morgan read Brittain's works, as well as
Colin_Morgan
Former hospital in Derbyshire, England
At Home, Buxton, Derbyshire: Where Vera Brittain Trained as a Nurse". BBC. Retrieved 27 June 2020. "Vera Brittain". Discover Buxton. 12 May 2016. Retrieved
Devonshire_Royal_Hospital
Town and civil parish in Suffolk, England
are recorded in his book War Boy. Roland Aubrey Leighton, fiancé of Vera Brittain, immortalised in her WW1 autobiography Testament of Youth, lived with
Lowestoft
English activist, writer and artist (1882–1960)
sponsors of the Committee along with Charlotte Despard, Ellen Wilkinson, Vera Brittain and Storm Jameson, the Six Point Group and the National Union of Women
Sylvia_Pankhurst
British pacifist magazine started in 1936
Peace News also had a large number of women contributors, including Vera Brittain, Storm Jameson, Rose Macaulay, Ethel Mannin, Ruth Fry, Kathleen Lonsdale
Peace_News
College of the University of Oxford
time Oxford separated male and female students as far as possible; Vera Brittain, one of the Somerville students, recalled an amusing occurrence during
Oriel_College,_Oxford
endorsement by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Westminster. Honourable Estate Vera Brittain 1936 Novel Banned in the Irish Free State. I Knock at the Door Seán
List of books banned by governments
List_of_books_banned_by_governments
Township in Veneto, Italy
Edward Brittain, brother of Vera Brittain, was killed and was buried in the Granezza British military cemetery on the plateau. In 1970 Vera's ashes were
Asiago
1928 novel by Radclyffe Hall
list of supporters that included Shaw, T. S. Eliot, Arnold Bennett, Vera Brittain and Ethel Smyth. According to Virginia Woolf, the plan broke down when
The_Well_of_Loneliness
British politician and Nobel Laureate
R. Leavis' pamphlet Mass Civilisation and Minority Culture (1930). Vera Brittain quoted Angell's statement on "the moral obligation to be intelligent"
Norman_Angell
English writer, heiress and political activist (1896–1965)
sceptical heading "Neutral?" were H. G. Wells, Ezra Pound, T. S. Eliot and Vera Brittain. The most famous response was not included: it came from George Orwell
Nancy_Cunard
British birth control campaigner and palaeobotanist (1880–1958)
include the militant suffragette Lady Constance Lytton, feminist novelist Vera Brittain, Emily Pethick-Lawrence (former Treasurer of the Women's Social and
Marie_Stopes
Feminist publishing company
co-founded in 1965 by screenwriter Muriel Box. The original board included Vera Brittain, the British writer, feminist and pacifist. The first book published
Femina_(UK)
O'Sullivan, Michael (11 June 2015). "'Testament of Youth' captures Vera Brittain's innocence and steely will". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved
List of Jonathan Bailey performances
List_of_Jonathan_Bailey_performances
(1901–1977), thrillers Joanna Briscoe (born 1963) Sophia Briscoe (fl. 1770s) Vera Brittain (1893–1970) Lionel Britton (1887–1971) Frances Brody (fl. 2026), Kate
List_of_English_novelists
Bareau, and Jean-Manuel Duvivier) Winifred Holtby — South Riding (with Vera Brittain) Robert E. Howard — A Gent from Bear Creek, Almuric Deborah Howe — Bunnicula:
List of works published posthumously
List_of_works_published_posthumously
Collegiate research university in England
film based on the memoir of the same name written by Somerville alumna Vera Brittain. Notable non-fiction works on Oxford include Oxford by Jan Morris. Portals:
University_of_Oxford
English writer (1889–1957)
controversy. He angered many left-wingers (including George Orwell and Vera Brittain) by arguing that Nazi Germany should be allowed to retain control of
John_Middleton_Murry
Annual event in Oxford
[citation needed] Activities have varied over the previous centuries. Vera Brittain wrote a poem with the title May Morning in 1916. The first ten lines
May_Morning
Historical LGBTQ organization
Brno (1932). Congress speakers included: Hirschfeld, Norman Haire, Vera Brittain, Dora Russell, Charles Vickery Drysdale (from the Malthusian League)
World League for Sexual Reform
World_League_for_Sexual_Reform
British military officer
youngest Old Shirburnians to be awarded the VC. In Testament of Youth, Vera Brittain describes several meetings with the convalescent Hudson while she was
Charles Hudson (British Army officer)
Charles_Hudson_(British_Army_officer)
International disarmament organization
year, several members of the British Peace Pledge Union, including Vera Brittain, Michael Tippett, and Sybil Morrison, criticised the WPC-affiliated
World_Peace_Council
University Press. p. 310. ISBN 9780195133325. Bostridge, Mark (2014). Vera Brittain and the First World War. London: Bloomsbury. p. 125. ISBN 9781408188446
Undertones_of_War
English philosopher (1929–2003)
in New York, he became close to Shirley Brittain Catlin (born 1930), daughter of the novelist Vera Brittain and the political scientist George Catlin
Bernard_Williams
rock the mountain 2014 United Kingdom Testament of Youth James Kent Vera Brittain, an independent young woman who abandoned her Oxford studies to become
List_of_World_War_I_films
Organisation of women's suffrage societies in the United Kingdom
Betty Balfour Florence Balgarnie Anna Barlow Annie Besant Ethel Bentham Vera Brittain Elizabeth Cadbury Ada Nield Chew Margery Corbett Ashby Kathleen Courtney
National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies
National_Union_of_Women's_Suffrage_Societies
Female nominees for the Nobel Prize
Katharine Drexel, Helene Schweitzer, Marie Stopes, Virginia Gildersleeve, Vera Brittain, Bertha Lutz, Ava Helen Pauling, Golda Meir, Rachel Carson and Rosa
List of female nominees for the Nobel Prize
List_of_female_nominees_for_the_Nobel_Prize
Britons to be arrested in Nazi Germany
mathematician, sportsman and Nobel prize winner (died 12 March 1942) Vera Brittain, feminist writer and pacifist Fenner Brockway, socialist and politician
The_Black_Book_(list)
Defunct British magazine
remained so until her death in 1958. Contributors included Nancy Astor, Vera Brittain, John Brophy, Anthony Cronin (literary editor of the magazine 1956–1958)
Time_and_Tide_(magazine)
Television documentary series
Harold Owen Jeremy Irons as Siegfried Sassoon Natasha Richardson as Vera Brittain Louis Gossett Jr. as W. E. B. Du Bois Jane Leeves as Caroline Webb Marion
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
The_Great_War_and_the_Shaping_of_the_20th_Century
English writer (1900–1984)
Against Race-Hatred and for a Socialist Peace (with Richard Acland, Vera Brittain, G. D. H. Cole, Victor Gollancz, Augustus John, James Maxton and J.
Ethel_Mannin
editors have included Dorothy L. Sayers, Aldous Huxley, Robert Graves, Vera Brittain, Kingsley Amis, Anthony Thwaite, John Fuller and Bernard O'Donoghue
Oxford_Poetry
Nuclear War Pierre Brizon (1878–1923) – French politician and pacifist Vera Brittain (1893–1970) – British writer, pacifist José Brocca (1891–1950) – Spanish
List_of_peace_activists
Louise Bogan United States 4 February 1970 Poet Body of This Death Vera Brittain United Kingdom 29 March 1970 Writer Testament of Youth William J. Brown
2031_in_public_domain
British-Maltese general practitioner (born 1959)
2012, she appeared in the BBC Radio 4 series Great Lives, nominating Vera Brittain. In February 2013, she was assessed as one of the 100 most powerful
Clare_Gerada
British organisation for social reform and the promotion of scientific humanism
Neill, Bertrand Russell, Barbara Wootton, Miles Malleson, David Low, Vera Brittain, Cyril Burt, Norman Haire, Aldous Huxley, Kingsley Martin, Harold Nicolson
Progressive_League
English novelist and playwright (1896–1967)
literary contemporaries at Somerville College included Winifred Holtby, Vera Brittain, Hilda Reid, Naomi Mitchison and Sylvia Thompson. She also became close
Margaret_Kennedy
Major branch of Protestantism
rapidly gained popularity amongst Anglican intellectuals, including Vera Brittain, Evelyn Underhill, and the former British political leader George Lansbury
Anglicanism
English actor and theatre manager (1852–1917)
and died, aged 64, from pulmonary blood clots. According to writer Vera Brittain, he died suddenly in the arms of her friend, the novelist Winifred Holtby
Herbert_Beerbohm_Tree
London between 1939 and 1945
shelter during an air raid. In November 1940, a London taxi driver told Vera Brittain that he continued to sleep on the top floor of his block of flats every
London_in_World_War_II
Irreligious organisation in the United Kingdom
Taylor Chair of Trustees Clive Coen Key people Harold Blackham Nicholas Walter Vera Brittain Hector Hawton Jonathan Miller Website rationalist.org.uk
Rationalist_Association
Hamlet in Hampshire, England
mentioned in R. C. Sherriff's Journey's End, as Raleigh lived there. Vera Brittain bought Allum Green Cottage in May 1939. Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Allum_Green
Nonprofit peace and justice organization
magazine, Fellowship. Fellowship's contributors included Mohandas Gandhi, Vera Brittain, Norman Thomas, Oswald Garrison Villard, E. Stanley Jones, Walter P
Fellowship of Reconciliation (United States)
Fellowship_of_Reconciliation_(United_States)
Library and museum resource on women and the women's movement
Parliament. Members of the society and library included writers such as Vera Brittain and Virginia Woolf, as well as politicians, most notably Eleanor Rathbone
Women's_Library
Honor awarded to British television actresses
Campbell Testament of Youth / Malice Aforethought / The Duke of Wellington Vera Brittain / Madeleine Cranmere / The Duchess of Wellington Judi Dench On Giant's
British Academy Television Award for Best Actress
British_Academy_Television_Award_for_Best_Actress
VERA BRITTAIN
VERA BRITTAIN
Female
Polish
Polish form of Russian Vera, WERA means "faith; truth."Â
Female
English
 Short form of Middle English Alvena, VENA means "elf friend." Compare with another form of Vena.
Girl/Female
Greek
Hera: (the Roman Juno) was the mythological Greek Queen of Heaven and wife of Zeus. Dealing with...
Female
English
English name derived from the Old Saxon runic letter jera, JERA means "year."
Female
English
(Sanskrit वेद): English name derived from the name of the four sacred books of the Hindus, VEDA means "knowledge; wisdom."
Female
French
Pet form of French Geneviève, possibly VEVA means "race of women."
Girl/Female
Australian, Indian, Latin, Sikh, Spanish
Very Successful; Life; Intelligent
Female
English
English name derived from the Latin name of a star in the constellation Lyra, from Arabian al-Waqi, VEGA means "falling; swooping."
Male
English
Short form of English Vernon, VERN means "place of alder trees."
Girl/Female
American, Anglo, Australian, British, Czechoslovakian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Indian, Italian, Latin, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slavic, Swedish, Ukrainian
Truth; Victory; One who Brings Victory; True Image; Trustworthy; Faithful; Summer; Faith
Girl/Female
Latin American Russian
True.
Female
English
 Feminine form of English Vernon, VERNA means "place of alder trees."Â
Male
Finnish
Finnish name VESA means "sapling."
Female
Russian
(Вера) Russian name, VERA means "faith; truth." Compare with another form of Vera.
Male
Portuguese
Portuguese form of Roman Latin Verissimus, VERÃSSIMO means "very true."
Female
English
Variant of spelling English Terra, TERA means "land."
Girl/Female
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
The True
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, from a Norman baronial name VERE means "alder."
Female
Finnish
Finnish form of Russian Vera, VEERA means "faith; truth."Â
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish (of Norman origin)
English and Scottish (of Norman origin) : habitational name from any of numerous places named in France named Vert or Le Vert.
VERA BRITTAIN
VERA BRITTAIN
Girl/Female
Arabic, Indian, Kannada, Muslim
Of Beautiful Face and Body
Girl/Female
Tamil
Boy/Male
Hebrew
Opens.
Girl/Female
Biblical
Endowed, endowing.
Boy/Male
Indian, Telugu
Cute
Boy/Male
Native American
Sacred.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Sweet person, Sweet, Surgery
Girl/Female
Hindu
Eminent
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Traditional
Prince
Boy/Male
Indian
Ne who collects booty
VERA BRITTAIN
VERA BRITTAIN
VERA BRITTAIN
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n.
A word which affirms or predicates something of some person or thing; a part of speech expressing being, action, or the suffering of action.
n.
See Veda.
n.
The privilege of cutting green wood within a forest for fuel.
n.
Greenness; freshness.
n.
The color green, represented in a drawing or engraving by parallel lines sloping downward toward the right.
v. t.
True; real; actual; veritable.
n. sing. & pl.
A verse or verses. See Verse.
pl.
of Velum
n.
Everything that grows, and bears a green leaf, within the forest; as, to preserve vert and venison is the duty of the verderer.
n.
A brilliant star of the first magnitude, the brightest of those constituting the constellation Lyra.
n.
The right of pasturing animals in a forest.
adv.
In a high degree; to no small extent; exceedingly; excessively; extremely; as, a very great mountain; a very bright sum; a very cold day; the river flows very rapidly; he was very much hurt.
n.
A word; a vocable.
n.
A period of time reckoned from some particular date or epoch; a succession of years dating from some important event; as, the era of Alexander; the era of Christ, or the Christian era (see under Christian).
n.
The ancient sacred literature of the Hindus; also, one of the four collections, called Rig-Veda, Yajur-Veda, Sama-Veda, and Atharva-Veda, constituting the most ancient portions of that literature.
n.
A Spanish measure of length equal to about one yard. The vara now in use equals 33.385 inches.
n.
The right or privilege of cutting growing wood.
n.
A vein.