| Verb |
n. |
A word; a vocable. |
| Verb |
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. |
| Verbal |
a. |
Expressed in words, whether spoken or written, but commonly in spoken words; hence, spoken; oral; not written; as, a verbal contract; verbal testimony. |
| Verbal |
a. |
Consisting in, or having to do with, words only; dealing with words rather than with the ideas intended to be conveyed; as, a verbal critic; a verbal change. |
| Verbal |
a. |
Having word answering to word; word for word; literal; as, a verbal translation. |
| Verbal |
a. |
Abounding with words; verbose. |
| Verbal |
a. |
Of or pertaining to a verb; as, a verbal group; derived directly from a verb; as, a verbal noun; used in forming verbs; as, a verbal prefix. |
| Verbal |
n. |
A noun derived from a verb. |
| Verbalism |
n. |
Something expressed verbally; a verbal remark or expression. |
| Verbalist |
n. |
A literal adherent to, or a minute critic of, words; a literalist. |
| Verbality |
n. |
The quality or state of being verbal; mere words; bare literal expression. |
| Verbalization |
n. |
The act of verbalizing, or the state of being verbalized. |
| Verbalize |
v. t. |
To convert into a verb; to verbify. |
| Verbalize |
v. i. |
To be verbose. |
| Verbalized |
imp. & p. p. |
of Verbalize |
| Verbalizing |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Verbalize |
| Verbally |
adv. |
In a verbal manner; orally. |
| Verbally |
adv. |
Word for word; verbatim. |
| Verbarian |
a. |
Of or pertaining to words; verbal. |
| Verbarian |
n. |
One who coins words. |
| Verbarium |
n. |
A game in word making. See Logomachy, 2. |
| Verbatim |
adv. |
Word for word; in the same words; verbally; as, to tell a story verbatim as another has related it. |
| Verbena |
n. |
A genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers; vervain. |
| Verbenaceous |
a. |
Of or pertaining to a natural order (Verbenaceae) of gamopetalous plants of which Verbena is the type. The order includes also the black and white mangroves, and many plants noted for medicinal use or for beauty of bloom. |
| Verbenate |
v. t. |
To strew with verbena, or vervain, as in ancient sacrifices and rites. |
| Verbenated |
imp. & p. p. |
of Verbenate |
| Verbenating |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Verbenate |
| Verberate |
v. t. |
To beat; to strike. |
| Verberation |
n. |
The act of verberating; a beating or striking. |
| Verberation |
n. |
The impulse of a body; which causes sound. |
| Verbiage |
n. |
The use of many words without necessity, or with little sense; a superabundance of words; verbosity; wordiness. |
| Verbigerate |
v. i. |
To talk; chat. |
| Verbigerate |
v. i. |
To repeat a word or sentence, in speaking or writing, without wishing to do so or in spite of efforts to cease. |
| Verbose |
a. |
Abounding in words; using or containing more words than are necessary; tedious by a multiplicity of words; prolix; wordy; as, a verbose speaker; a verbose argument. |
| Verbosities |
pl. |
of Verbosity |
| Verbosity |
n. |
The quality or state of being verbose; the use of more words than are necessary; prolixity; wordiness; verbiage. |
