verbalIst

[Eng. verbal; -ist.] One who deals in words only; a literal adherent to, or a minute critic of words; a verbarian. "Yet not ashamed these verbalists still use From youth, till age or study dims their eyes, To engage the grammar rules in civil war." Lord Brooke : On Human Learning. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; sin, as; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = 1 IMG:content-0456.png:[blocks in formation] "Nouns for brevity, are sometimes verbalized ; as, to complete, to contrary, to experience." -Instructions for Oratory , p. 31. *B. In trans.: To use many words; to be verbose or diffuse. ver-bal-lỹ, adv. [Eng. verbal; -ly.] 1. In a verbal manner; by word of mouth; orally; by words uttered; in words. "Would God I might not say, even the Lord's anointed, whom they verbally profe e to honor."-Bp. Hall: Episc. by Divine Right, pt. iii., §8. 2. Word for word; literally, verbatim. "'Tis almost impo ible to translate verbally , and well, at the same time." -Dryden . ( Todd .) *ver-bär-i-an, subst . [Latin verbum =a word.] A word-coiner. "In 'The Doctor,' Southey gives himself free scope as a verbarian."- Fitzedward Hall: Modern English , p. 21. ver-băs'-çě-æ, s. pl. [Mod. Latin verbasc (um); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -eœ.] Bot .: A tribe of Antirrhinidese. Leaves alternate; inflorescence centripetal; corolla rotate; stamens five, declinate, unequal.