verbalize
[vur-buh-lahyz]
- to express in words: He couldn't verbalize his feelings.
- Grammar. to convert into a verb: to verbalize “butter” into “to butter.”
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- to use many words; be verbose.
- to express something verbally.
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Also especially British, ver·bal·ise.
Origin of verbalize
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Related Words for verbalize
chat, whisper, pronounce, articulate, say, rap, utter, blab, mumble, vocalize, shout, state, yak, tell, express, converse, communicate, enunciate, mouth, gabExamples from the Web for verbalize
Contemporary Examples of verbalize
Whether she can verbalize it or not, family does seemingly come first.
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In trying to explain and verbalize their shock, many British Jews made reference, in some way or another, to the Blood Libel.
Historical Examples of verbalize
They wont have to wait for the Council to verbalize a measure.
The Variable ManPhilip K. Dick
It was getting tiresome to try to verbalize something she only felt.
OmnilingualH. Beam Piper
It is induced in his hearers, and they verbalize it, re-enforcing it in themselves and in him.
NaudsonceH. Beam Piper
verbalize
verbalise
- to express (an idea, feeling, etc) in words
- to change (any word that is not a verb) into a verb or derive a verb from (any word that is not a verb)
- (intr) to be verbose
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Word Origin and History for verbalize
c.1600, "use too many words," from French verbaliser (16c.); see verbal. Meaning "express in words" is attested from 1875. Related: Verbalized; verbalizing.
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