Definition of verbal

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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..

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Verbalist :: Verbalist (n.) A literal adherent to, or a minute critic of, words; a literalist..
Literal :: Literal (a.) According to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical; as, the literal meaning of a phrase..
Oral :: Oral (a.) Uttered by the mouth, or in words; spoken, not written; verbal; as, oral traditions; oral testimony; oral law..
Overweigh :: Overweigh (v. t.) To exceed in weight; to overbalance; to weigh down.
Overbalance :: Overbalance (v. t.) To exceed equality with; to outweigh.
Verbal :: 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..
Verbality :: Verbality (n.) The quality or state of being verbal; mere words; bare literal expression.
Verbalizing :: Verbalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Verbaliz.
Message :: Message (n.) Any notice, word, or communication, written or verbal, sent from one person to another..
Testify :: Testify (v. i.) To make a solemn declaration, verbal or written, to establish some fact; to give testimony for the purpose of communicating to others a knowledge of something not known to them..
Metaphrase :: Metaphrase (n.) A verbal translation; a version or translation from one language into another, word for word; -- opposed to paraphrase..
Form :: Form (n.) The particular shape or structure of a word or part of speech; as, participial forms; verbal forms..
Verbatim :: Verbatim (adv.) Word for word; in the same words; verbally; as, to tell a story verbatim as another has related it..
Verbally :: Verbally (adv.) In a verbal manner; orally.
Verbalize :: Verbalize (v. i.) To be verbose.
Verbal :: Verbal (a.) Abounding with words; verbose.
Overpoise :: Overpoise (v. t.) To outweigh; to overbalance.
Verbal :: Verbal (a.) Having word answering to word; word for word; literal; as, a verbal translation..
Un- :: Un- () An inseparable verbal prefix or particle. It is prefixed: (a) To verbs to express the contrary, and not the simple negative, of the action of the verb to which it is prefixed; as in uncoil, undo, unfold. (b) To nouns to form verbs expressing privation of the thing, quality, or state expressed by the noun, or separation from it; as in unchild, unsex. Sometimes particles and participial adjectives formed with this prefix coincide in form with compounds of the negative prefix un- (see 2d Un-
Gerund :: Gerund (n.) A kind of verbal noun, having only the four oblique cases of the singular number, and governing cases like a participle..
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