Verb
VERB, noun [Latin verbum, fero.]
1. In grammar, a part of speech that expresses action, motion, being, suffering, or a request or command to do or forbear any thing. The verb affirms, declares, asks or commands; as, I write; he runs; the river flows; they sleep; we see; they are deceived; depart; go; come; write; does he improve?
When the action expressed by a verb is exerted on an object, or terminates upon it, the act is considered as passing to that object, and the verb is called transitive; as, I read Livy. When the act expressed by the verb terminates in the agent or subject, the verb is called intransitive; as, I run; I walk, I sleep.
When the agent and object change places, and the agent is considered as the instrument by which the object is affected, the verb is called passive; as, Goliath was slain by David.
2. A word.
VERB'AL, adjective [Latin verbalis.]
1. Spoken; expressed to the ear in words; not written; as a verbal message; a verbal contract; verbal testimony.
2. Oral; uttered by the mouth.
3. Consisting in mere words; as a verbal reward.
4. Respecting words only; as a verbal dispute.
5. Minutely exact in words, or attending to words only; as a verbal critic.
6. Literal; having word answering to word; as a verbal translation.
7. In grammar, derived from a verb; as a verbal noun.
8. Verbose; abounding with words. [Not in use.]
VERBAL'ITY, noun Mere words; bare literal expressions.
VERB'ALIZE, verb transitive To convert into a verb.
VER'BALLY, adverb
1. In words spoken; by words uttered; orally.
2. Word for word; as, to translate verbally
VERBA'TIM adverb [Latin] Word for word; in the same words; as, to tell a story verbatim as another has related it.
VERB'ERATE, verb transitive [Latin verbero.] To beat; to strike. [Not in use.]
VERBERA'TION, n
1. A beating or striking; blows.
2. The impulse of a body, which causes sound.
VERB'IAGE, noun Verbosity; use of many words without necessity; superabundance of words.
VERBO'SE, adjective [Latin verbosus.] Abounding in words; using or containing more words than are necessary; prolix; tedious by a multiplicity of words; as a verbose speaker; a verbose argument.
VERBO'SENESS, noun
1. Employment of a superabundance of words; the use of more words than are necessary; as the verbosity of a speaker.
2. Superabundance of words; prolixity; as the verbosity of a discourse or argument.
VERBOS'ITY,
VER'DANCY, noun [See Verdant.] Greenness.