verbalize

especially British, ver·bal·ise

[vur-buh-lahyz]

verb (used with object)

verbalized, verbalizing 

1. to express in words.

   He couldn't verbalize his feelings.

2. Grammar.,  to convert into a verb.

   to verbalize “butter” into “to butter.”

verb (used without object)

verbalized, verbalizing 

1. to use many words; be verbose.

2. to express something verbally.

verbalize

/ ˈvɜːbəˌlaɪz /

verb

1. to express (an idea, feeling, etc) in words

2. to change (any word that is not a verb) into a verb or derive a verb from (any word that is not a verb)

3. (intr) to be verbose

Other Word Forms

• verbalization noun
• verbalizer noun
• nonverbalized adjective
• unverbalized adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of verbalize¹

First recorded in 1600–10; verbal + -ize; compare French verbaliser

Example Sentences

The ensemble feels like a real, fractured unit that shares unspoken arrangements and lifelong knowledge of one another that doesn’t need to be verbalized to be understood.

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Because talk therapy is a process of verbalizing symptoms to help process emotions, Pathomrit often spends extra time educating her clients and modeling what that looks like.

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At one point while recording notes, in a moment of particularly on-the-nose screenwriting, Kelley verbalizes “Someone could write a book” and off he dashes to the library with his German interpreter, a baby-faced U.S.

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Guilt and shame can make these experiences difficult to verbalize or talk about, Mathai said.

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Once I started verbalizing my need for alone time, and stopped tiptoeing around his feelings, I found that our relationship started to improve — both on vacations and in day-to-day life too.

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