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totidem verbis

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[taw-ti-dem wer-bees, tot-i-dem vur-bis] / ˈtɔ tɪˌdɛm ˈwɛr bis, ˈtɒt ɪˌdɛm ˈvɜr bɪs /

adverb

Latin.
  1. with just so many words; in these words.


Example Sentences

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This object, under the varying names of an extensive demand, a brisk circulation, a great expenditure of money, and sometimes totidem verbis a large consumption, was conceived to be the great condition of prosperity.

From Essays on some unsettled Questions of Political Economy by Mill, John Stuart

I was half converted to Transubstantiation by Tillotson's common senses against it; seeing clearly that the same grounds totidem verbis et syllabis would serve the Socinian against all the mysteries of Christianity.

From Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4. by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

It was given him, more or less; and he confirmed Sir John's tale totidem verbis.

From Shrewsbury A Romance by Weyman, Stanley J.

Not from the terms of the convention, for these contradict the conclusion; not by implication merely, but in totidem verbis.

From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Semmes, Raphael

Mr. M'Culloch has asserted, totidem verbis, that the labour of Madame Pasta was as well entitled to be called productive labour as that of a cotton spinner.

From Essays on some unsettled Questions of Political Economy by Mill, John Stuart

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