verbum sap

[ vur-buhm -sap ]

/ ˈvɜr bəm ˈsæp /

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a word to the wise is sufficient; no more need be said.

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Also verb. sap.

[vurb -sap], /ˈvɜrb ˈsæp/, ver·bum sat

[vur-buhm -sat] /ˈvɜr bəm ˈsæt/ .

Origin of verbum sap

First recorded in 1815–20; short for Latin verbum sapientī sat est, itself a variant of the proverb dictum sapientī sat est “(something) said to the wise is sufficient”

Words nearby verbum sap

verbose, verbosity, verboten, verb phrase, verb. sap., verbum sap, Vercelli, Vercelli Book, Vercingetorix, Verdandi, verdant

Example sentences from the Web for verbum sap

Anybody with any sap running will probably be out of step with the general parade, at least early on.
Daniel Woodrell: How I Write|Noah Charney|September 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Like a picador, he takes his time to sap the strength of his foes before clubbing them unconscious.
Vitali Klitschko Contemplates Bowing Out of the Ring and Entering Ukrainian Politics|Gordon Marino|March 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
An increase in the dividend tax rate is likely to sap the value of stocks whose main appeal is the dividends they throw off.
Why Walmart Will Be Hurt by the Fiscal Cliff|Daniel Gross|December 14, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Put another way, the termination of these benefits will sap $30 billion from the buying power of lower-income American consumers.
Why Walmart Will Be Hurt by the Fiscal Cliff|Daniel Gross|December 14, 2012|DAILY BEAST

AQAP wants to drag America into what it calls another “bleeding war” like Afghanistan and Iraq to sap American resources and will.
Al Qaeda’s ‘Final Trap’ in Yemen: Costly Demise Planned for U.S.|Bruce Riedel|May 27, 2012|DAILY BEAST
All this bubbling of sap and slipping of sheaths and bursting of calyxes was carried to her on mingled currents of fragrance.
Summer|Edith Wharton
“You would sap the very source of human happiness and enterprise,” Professor Fortescue asserted, fantastically.
The Daughters of Danaus|Mona Caird
But now the sap and the strength flow again within me,—now I am young once more.
Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays|Various
Let the unopened leaves, cut from the stalk, stand in a cool shady place several days, until the sap has well run.
Philippine Mats|Hugo H. Miller
Spring stole into the heart of the Wabash country and the sap sang again in maples and elms.
A Hoosier Chronicle|Meredith Nicholson

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