Definition of verbal

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Verbal (a.) Having word answering to word; word for word; literal; as, a verbal translation..

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Messenger :: Messenger (n.) One who bears a message; the bearer of a verbal or written communication, notice, or invitation, from one person to another, or to a public body; specifically, an office servant who bears messages..
Verbal :: Verbal (a.) Having word answering to word; word for word; literal; as, a verbal translation..
Opponent :: Opponent (n.) One who opposes in a disputation, argument, or other verbal controversy; specifically, one who attacks some theirs or proposition, in distinction from the respondent, or defendant, who maintains it..
Form :: Form (n.) The particular shape or structure of a word or part of speech; as, participial forms; verbal forms..
Wordy :: Wordy (superl.) Of or pertaining to words; consisting of words; verbal; as, a wordy war..
Verbalizing :: Verbalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Verbaliz.
Castigate :: Castigate (v. t.) To punish by stripes; to chastise by blows; to chasten; also, to chastise verbally; to reprove; to criticise severely..
Overbalance :: Overbalance (v. t.) To exceed equality with; to outweigh.
Wordsman :: Wordsman (n.) One who deals in words, or in mere words; a verbalist..
Verbal :: 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..
-ation :: -ation () A suffix forming nouns of action, and often equivalent to the verbal substantive in -ing. It sometimes has the further meanings of state, and that which results from the action. Many of these nouns have verbs in -ate; as, alliterate -ation, narrate -ation; many are derived through the French; as, alteration, visitation; and many are formed on verbs ending in the Greek formative -ize (Fr. -ise); as, civilization, demoralization..
Pass :: Pass (v. i.) To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal phrase defining the kind or manner of motion; as, to pass on, by, out, in, etc.; to pass swiftly, directly, smoothly, etc.; to pass to the rear, under the yoke, over the bridge, across the field, beyond the border, etc..
Verbalism :: Verbalism (n.) Something expressed verbally; a verbal remark or expression.
Supinity :: Supine (n.) A verbal noun; or (according to C.F.Becker), a case of the infinitive mood ending in -um and -u, that in -um being sometimes called the former supine, and that in -u the latter supine..
Word :: Word (n.) Verbal contention; dispute.
Dispute :: Dispute (v. i.) Verbal controversy; contest by opposing argument or expression of opposing views or claims; controversial discussion; altercation; debate.
Oral :: Oral (a.) Uttered by the mouth, or in words; spoken, not written; verbal; as, oral traditions; oral testimony; oral law..
Address :: Address (v. t.) Act of addressing one's self to a person; verbal application.
Spat :: Spat (n.) Hence, a petty combat, esp. a verbal one; a little quarrel, dispute, or dissension..
Communication :: Communication (n.) That which is communicated or imparted; intelligence; news; a verbal or written message.
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