Verbal Definition
vûrbəl
adjective
Of, in, or by means of words.
A verbal image.
Webster's New World
Concerned merely with words, as distinguished from facts, ideas, or actions.
Webster's New World
Consisting of words alone without action.
A verbal confrontation.
American Heritage
In speech; oral rather than written.
A verbal contract.
Webster's New World
Word for word; verbatim.
A verbal translation.
Webster's New World
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noun
A verbal noun or some other word, as an adjective, derived from a verb: in English, gerunds, infinitives, and participles are verbals.
Webster's New World
A word or word group that occurs in grammatical functions typical of verbs.
Webster's New World
verb
(UK, Australia) To fabricate a confession.
Wiktionary
Origin of Verbal
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Middle English from Old French from Late Latin verbālis from Latin verbum word verb
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From the Late Latin verbalis (“belonging to a word").
From Wiktionary
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