Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Verbalist

Ver″bal‐ist, n. A literal adherent to, or a minute critic of, words; a literalist.

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Verbality

Ver‐bal″i‐ty (?), n. The quality or state of being verbal; mere words; bare literal expression. “More verbality than matter.” Bp. Hall.

732

Verbalization

Ver′bal‐i‐za″tion (?), n. The act of verbalizing, or the state of being verbalized.

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Verbalize

Ver″bal‐ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Verbalized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Verbalizing (?).] [Cf. F. verbaliser.] To convert into a verb; to verbify.

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Verbalize (2)

Ver″bal‐ize, v. i. To be verbose.

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Verbally

Ver″bal‐ly, adv. 1. In a verbal manner; orally.2. Word for word; verbatim. Dryden.

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Verbarian

Ver‐ba″ri‐an (?), a. Of or pertaining to words; verbal. Coleridge.

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Verbarian (2)

Ver‐ba″ri‐an, n. One who coins words.Southey gives himself free scope as a verbarian. Fitzed. Hall.

738

Verbarium

Ver‐ba″ri‐um (?), n. [NL., fr. L. verbum word.] A game in word making. See Logomachy, 2.

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Verbatim

‖Ver‐ba″tim (?), adv. [LL., fr. L. verbum word.] Word for word; in the same words; verbally; as, to tell a story verbatim as another has related it.Verbatim et literatim, word f...

740

Verbena

Ver‐be″na (?), n. [L. See Vervain.] (Bot.) A genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers; vervain.☞ Verb...

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Verbenaceous

Ver′be‐na″ceous (?), a.(Bot.) Of or pertaining to a natural order (Verbenaceæ) of gamopetalous plants of which Verbena is the type. The order includes also the black and white m...

742

Verbenate

Ver″be‐nate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Verbenated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Verbenating.] [L. verbenatus crowned with a wreath of sacred boughs. See Verbena.] To strew with verbena, or v...

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Verberate

Ver″ber‐ate (?), v. t. [L. verberatus, p. p. of verberare to beat, from verber a lash, a whip.] To beat; to strike. “The sound... rebounds again and verberates the skies.” Mir. ...

744

Verberation

Ver′ber‐a″tion (?), n. [L. verberatio: cf. F. verbération.] 1. The act of verberating; a beating or striking. Arbuthnot.2. The impulse of a body, which causes sound.

745

Verbiage

Ver″bi‐age (?; 48), n. [F. verbiage, from OF. verbe a word. See Verb.] The use of many words without necessity, or with little sense; a superabundance of words; verbosity; wordi...

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Verbify

Verb″i‐fy (?), v. t. [Verb + -fy.] To make into a verb; to use as a verb; to verbalize. Earle.

747

Verbigerate

Ver‐big″er‐ate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.-ated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.-ating (?).] [L. verbigerate, -atum, to talk.] 1. To talk; chat.2. (Med.) To repeat a word or sentence, in speak...

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Verbose

Ver‐bose″ (?), a. [L. verbosus, from verbum a word. See Verb.] Abounding in words; using or containing more words than are necessary; tedious by a multiplicity of words; prolix;...

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Verbosity

Ver‐bos″i‐ty (?), n.; pl.Verbosities (#). [L. verbositas: cf. F. verbosité.] The quality or state of being verbose; the use of more words than are necessary; prolixity; wordines...

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Verd

Verd (?), n. [See Vert, Verdant.] 1. (Eng. Forest Law) (a) The privilege of cutting green wood within a forest for fuel. (b) The right of pasturing animals in a forest. Burrill....

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Verd antique

Verd′ an‐tique″ (?). [F. vert antique a kind of marble; verd, vert, green + antique ancient: cf. It. verde antico.] (Min.) (a) A mottled-green serpentine marble. (b) A green por...

752

Verdancy

Ver″dan‐cy (?), n. The quality or state of being verdant.

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Verdant

Ver″dant (?), a. [F. verdoyant, p. pr. of verdoyer to be verdant, to grow green, OF. verdoier, verdeier, fr. verd, vert, green, fr. L. viridis green, fr. virere to be green: cf....

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Verdantly

Ver″dant‐ly (?), adv. In a verdant manner.

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Verderer

{ Ver″der‐er (?), Ver″der‐or (?), } n. [F. verdier, LL. viridarius, fr. L. viridis green.] (Eng. Forest Law) An officer who has the charge of the king's forest, to preserve the ...

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Verdict

Ver″dict (?), n. [OE. verdit, OF. verdit, veirdit, LL. verdictum, veredictum; L. vere truly (fr. verus true) + dictum a saying, a word, fr. dicere, dictum, to say. See Very, and...