verbal

Internationalism, compare English verbal, Italian verbale.


verbal

By surface analysis, verbo (“verb”) + -al.


verbal

ca-adj

verbal m or f (masculine and feminine plural verbals)


verbal

Concerned with the words, rather than the substance of a text.

We subjoin an engraving […] which will give the reader a far better notion of the structure than any verbal description could convey to the mind.

1864, Henry Mayhew, German Life and Manners as Seen in Saxony at the Present:

It was not a verbal remark, but a proceeding in dumb-show

1861, Charles Dickens, Great Expectations:

a verbal contract

a verbal testimony

You can't have verbal communication with a man in New South Wales, you know.

I am not speaking of the verbal use of the term 'Fascist'. I am speaking of what I have seen in print.

1944, George Orwell, “What is Fascism?”, in Tribune:

Expressly spoken rather than written; oral.

(grammar) Derived from, or having the nature of a verb.

How do these language problems affect the behaviour of verbal children?

2005, Avril V. Brereton, Bruce J. Tonge, Pre-schoolers with autism, page 55:

a verbal translation

You put me to forget a lady’s manners
By being so verbal; and learn now, for all,
That I, which know my heart, do here pronounce
By th’ very truth of it, I care not for you

1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:

(obsolete) Abounding with words; verbose.

implied

antonym(s) of “expressly spoken or written”

експлицитен

expressly spoken or written, as opposed to implied

foljor

derived from, or having the nature of a verb

From Old French verbal, from Late Latin verbālis (“belonging to a word”). Equivalent to verb + -al.


verbal

(countable, grammar) A verb form which does not function as a predicate, or a word derived from a verb. In English, infinitives, participles and gerunds are verbals.

They were convicted on the evidence of an agent provocateur named Richard Seary, backed up by police verbals from three police officers who gave evidence of six verbals in which the three accused were supposed to have admitted their guilt.

1982, New South Wales. Parliament, Parliamentary Debates, page 2496:

(countable, UK, Ireland) A spoken confession given to police.

We'd give him a bit of verbal, out would come the bouncers, chucking their weight about, and it would all end in a right tear-up.

(uncountable, UK, Ireland, colloquial) Talk; speech, especially banter or scolding.

en-noun

verbal (countable and uncountable, plural verbals)

deverbaali

grammar: verb form which does not function as a predicate, or a word derived from a verb. In English, infinitives, participles and gerunds are verbals


verbal

The problem of 'verballing' is unlikely to disappear, whatever the legal status of the person detained.

1982, John A. Andrews, Human Rights in Criminal Procedure: A Comparative Study, BRILL, →ISBN, page 128:

Condren had always claimed that he was assaulted and verballed by police over the murder he had supposedly confessed to committing. Specifically, Condren claimed that he had been subjected to assault and intimidation prior to making a police record of interview, that the record of interview was largely fabricated by police, and that the oral admissions which police claimed he had made prior to the record of interview were also fabricated.

2001, Chris Cunneen, Conflict, Politics and Crime: Aboriginal Communities and the Police, Allen & Unwin, →ISBN, page 116:

"Moreover, given the risk of verballing, it is by no means apparent that it is in the interests of justice that the prosecution have the benefit of admissions that are made on occasions when recordings are impracticable."

2004, Jeremy Gans, Andrew Palmer, Australian Principles of Evidence, Routledge Cavendish, →ISBN, page 504:

Kelvin Condren maintained his innocence, claiming that he was 'verballed' in his police record of interview (so they were someone else's words not his).

2019, Kate Burridge, Tonya N. Stebbins, For the love of language: An Introduction to Linguistics, page 305:

As the necessary ingredient of an intention to commit an offence usually came from the mouth of the suspect himself, it was not difficult to make an arrest if the suspect was 'verballed'. A 'verbal' consisted of an unequivocal oral admission of guilt made to a police officer on the street, which, later on, the police officer transcribed into his notebook. It is called a 'verbal' if the suspect later denies making the incriminating remark.

2020, Inigo Bing, Populism on Trial: What Happens When Trust in Law Breaks Down:

(transitive, British, Australia) To allege (usually falsely) that someone has made an oral admission.

en-verb

verbal (third-person singular simple present verbals, present participle verballing, simple past and past participle verballed)

verbals (present singular third-person)
verballing (participle present)
verballed (participle past)
verballed (past)


verbal

fr-adj

verbal (feminine verbale, masculine plural verbaux, feminine plural verbales)

verbale (feminine)
verbaux (masculine plural)
verbales (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Late Latin verbālis. By surface analysis, verbe + -al.


verbal

de-adj

verbal (strong nominative masculine singular verbaler, not comparable)

verbaler (masculine nominative singular strong)
verbal (masculine predicative singular)
verbal (feminine predicative singular)
verbal (neuter predicative singular)
verbal (plural predicative)
verbaler (masculine nominative singular strong without-article)
verbale (feminine nominative singular strong without-article)
verbales (neuter nominative singular strong without-article)
verbale (nominative plural strong without-article)
verbalen (genitive masculine singular strong without-article)
verbaler (feminine genitive singular strong without-article)
verbalen (genitive neuter singular strong without-article)
verbaler (genitive plural strong without-article)
verbalem (dative masculine singular strong without-article)
verbaler (dative feminine singular strong without-article)
verbalem (dative neuter singular strong without-article)
verbalen (dative plural strong without-article)
verbalen (accusative masculine singular strong without-article)
verbale (accusative feminine singular strong without-article)
verbales (accusative neuter singular strong without-article)
verbale (accusative plural strong without-article)
der verbale (definite includes-article masculine nominative singular weak)
die verbale (definite feminine includes-article nominative singular weak)
das verbale (definite includes-article neuter nominative singular weak)
die verbalen (definite includes-article nominative plural weak)
des verbalen (definite genitive includes-article masculine singular weak)
der verbalen (definite feminine genitive includes-article singular weak)
des verbalen (definite genitive includes-article neuter singular weak)
der verbalen (definite genitive includes-article plural weak)
dem verbalen (dative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
der verbalen (dative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
dem verbalen (dative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
den verbalen (dative definite includes-article plural weak)
den verbalen (accusative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
die verbale (accusative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
das verbale (accusative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
die verbalen (accusative definite includes-article plural weak)
ein verbaler (includes-article indefinite masculine mixed nominative singular)
eine verbale (feminine includes-article indefinite mixed nominative singular)
ein verbales (includes-article indefinite mixed neuter nominative singular)
verbalen (indefinite mixed nominative plural)
keine verbalen (includes-article indefinite mixed negative nominative plural)
eines verbalen (genitive includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer verbalen (feminine genitive includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
eines verbalen (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
verbalen (genitive indefinite mixed plural)
keiner verbalen (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einem verbalen (dative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer verbalen (dative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
einem verbalen (dative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
verbalen (dative indefinite mixed plural)
keinen verbalen (dative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einen verbalen (accusative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
eine verbale (accusative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
ein verbales (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
verbalen (accusative indefinite mixed plural)
keine verbalen (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)


verbal

verbal, oral (expressly spoken rather than written)

(linguistics) verbal (pertaining to verbs)

From Dutch verbaal, from Middle French verbal, from Latin verbālis. Doublet of perbal.


verbal

(grammar) verbal (derived from, or having the nature of a verb)

Learned borrowing from Late Latin verbālis. By surface analysis, verbo + -al.


verbal

ro-adj

verbal m or n (feminine singular verbală, masculine plural verbali, feminine and neuter plural verbale)

verbală (feminine singular)
verbali (masculine plural)
verbale (feminine neuter plural)
verbal (indefinite masculine neuter singular)
verbală (feminine indefinite singular)
verbali (indefinite masculine singular)
verbale (feminine indefinite neuter plural)
verbalul (definite masculine neuter singular)
verbala (definite feminine singular)
verbalii (definite masculine singular)
verbalele (definite feminine neuter plural)
verbale (feminine indefinite singular)
verbalului (definite masculine neuter singular)
verbalei (definite feminine singular)
verbalilor (definite masculine singular)
verbalelor (definite feminine neuter plural)

Borrowed from French verbal, from Latin verbalis.


verbal

es-adj

verbal m or f (masculine and feminine plural verbales)