VERBAL

verbal

(adjective) communicated in the form of words; “verbal imagery”; “a verbal protest”

verbal

(adjective) prolix; “you put me to forget a lady’s manners by being so verbal”- Shakespeare

verbal

(adjective) relating to or having facility in the use of words; “a good poet is a verbal artist”; “a merely verbal writer who sacrifices content to sound”; “verbal aptitude”

verbal

(adjective) expressed in spoken words; “a verbal contract”

verbal

(adjective) of or relating to or formed from a verb; “verbal adjectives like ‘running’ in ‘hot and cold running water’”

verbal

(adjective) of or relating to or formed from words in general; “verbal ability”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

verbal (not comparable)

Of or relating to words.

Synonym: wordish

Concerned with the words, rather than the substance of a text.

Consisting of words only.

Antonyms: non-verbal, substantive

Expressly spoken rather than written; oral.

(grammar) Derived from, or having the nature of a verb.

Synonym: rhematic

(grammar) Used to form a verb.

Capable of speech.

Antonym: preverbal

Word for word.

Synonyms: literal, verbatim

(obsolete) Abounding with words; verbose.

Synonyms

• (of or relating to speech or words): lectic

Antonyms

• (expressly spoken or written): implied

• (expressly stated): unsaid

Noun

verbal (plural verbals)

(grammar) A verb form which does not function as a predicate, or a word derived from a verb. In English, infinitives, participles and gerunds are verbals.

Synonym: non-finite verb

(UK, Ireland) A confession given to police.

Verb

verbal (third-person singular simple present verbals, present participle verballing, simple past and past participle verballed)

(transitive, British, Australia) To induce into fabricating a confession.

Anagrams

• Varble, Vrabel

Source: Wiktionary

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Ver"bal, a. Etym: [F., fr. L. verbalis. See Verb.]

1. Expressed in words, whether spoken or written, but commonly in spoken words; hence, spoken; oral; not written; as, a verbal contract; verbal testimony. Made she no verbal question Shak. We subjoin an engraving . . . which will give the reader a far better notion of the structure than any verbal description could convey to the mind. Mayhew.

2. 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. And loses, though but verbal, his reward. Milton. Mere verbal refinements, instead of substantial knowledge. Whewell.

3. Having word answering to word; word for word; literal; as, a verbal translation.

4. Abounding with words; verbose. [Obs.] Shak.

5. (Gram.)

Definition: 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 inspiration. See under Inspiration.

– Verbal noun (Gram.), a noun derived directly from a verb or verb stem; a verbal. The term is specifically applied to infinitives, and nouns ending in -ing, esp. to the latter. See Gerund, and -ing, 2. See also, Infinitive mood, under Infinitive.

Ver"bal, n. (Gram.)

Definition: A noun derived from a verb.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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