Verb

vferb, n. [gram.') the part of speech which affirms what a thing does or done to, or in what state exists. [Lit. ‘the word,’ Fr. ver be-^-L. verburn; from root of Gr erd, to say, to speak.] VnrlialVerbal, verb'al, adj, relating a tnto nror rnnturinirconsisting in in words spoken (as opposed to written) exact in words: attending to words only: word for word derived directly fri>ni a verb.— n. a part — of speech, a nonn derived from a verb adv. Verb'ally. n. Verb alist. [L. verbalist