VERBALIZE

verbalize, verbalise

(verb) convert into a verb; “many English nouns have become verbalized”

express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to

(verb) articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise; “She expressed her anger”; “He uttered a curse”

talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise

(verb) express in speech; “She talks a lot of nonsense”; “This depressed patient does not verbalize”

verbalize, verbalise

(verb) be verbose; “This lawyer verbalizes and is rather tedious”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

verbalize (third-person singular simple present verbalizes, present participle verbalizing, simple past and past participle verbalized)

(transitive) To speak or to use words to express.

(transitive, grammar) To adapt (a word of another part of speech) as a verb.

Source: Wiktionary


Ver"bal*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Verbalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Verbalizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. verbaliser.]

Definition: To convert into a verb; to verbify.

Ver"bal*ize, v. i.

Definition: To be verbose.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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