English Dictionary: Verboten | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Verbatim \[d8]Ver*ba"tim\, adv. [LL., fr. L. verbum word.] Word for word; in the same words; verbally; as, to tell a story verbatim as another has related it. {Verbatim et literatim} [LL.], word for word, and letter for letter. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Verify \Ver"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Verified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Verifying}.] [F. v[82]rifier, LL. verificare, from L. verus true + -ficare to make. See {Very}, and -fy.] 1. To prove to be true or correct; to establish the truth of; to confirm; to substantiate. This is verified by a number of examples. --Bacon. So shalt thou best fulfill, best verify. The prophets old, who sung thy endless reign. --Milton. 2. To confirm or establish the authenticity of by examination or competent evidence; to authenciate; as, to verify a written statement; to verify an account, a pleading, or the like. To verify our title with their lives. --Shak. 3. To maintain; to affirm; to support. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Vervet \Ver"vet\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A South African monkey ({Cercopithecus pygerythrus, [or] Lelandii}). The upper parts are grayish green, finely specked with black. The cheeks and belly are reddish white. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Viripotent \Vi*rip"o*tent\, a. [L. vir man + potens fit for.] Developed in manhood; hence, able to beget; marriageable. [Obs.] Being not of ripe years, not viripotent. --Holinshed. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
Verb Doubling A standard construction in English is to double a verb and use it as an exclamation, such as "Bang, bang!" or "Quack, quack!". Most of these are names for noises. Hackers also double verbs as a concise, sometimes sarcastic comment on what the implied subject does. Also, a doubled verb is often used to terminate a conversation, in the process remarking on the current state of affairs or what the speaker intends to do next. Typical examples involve {win}, {lose}, {hack}, {flame}, {barf}, {chomp}: "The disk heads just crashed." "Lose, lose." "Mostly he talked about his latest crock. Flame, flame." "Boy, what a bagbiter! Chomp, chomp!" Some verb-doubled constructions have special meanings not immediately obvious from the verb. These have their own listings in the lexicon. The {Usenet} culture has one _tripling_ convention unrelated to this; the names of `joke' topic groups often have a tripled last element. The first and paradigmatic example was alt.swedish.chef.bork.bork.bork (a "Muppet Show" reference); other infamous examples have included: alt.french.captain.borg.borg.borg alt.wesley.crusher.die.die.die comp.unix.internals.system.calls.brk.brk.brk sci.physics.edward.teller.boom.boom.boom alt.sadistic.dentists.drill.drill.drill |