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   variability
         n 1: the quality of being subject to variation [syn:
               {variability}, {variableness}, {variance}] [ant:
               {invariability}, {invariableness}, {invariance}]
         2: the quality of being uneven and lacking uniformity [syn:
            {unevenness}, {variability}] [ant: {evenness},
            {invariability}]

English Dictionary: verbalize by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
variable
adj
  1. liable to or capable of change; "rainfall in the tropics is notoriously variable"; "variable winds"; "variable expenses"
    Antonym(s): invariable
  2. marked by diversity or difference; "the varying angles of roof slope"; "nature is infinitely variable"
    Synonym(s): varying, variable
  3. (used of a device) designed so that a property (as e.g. light) can be varied; "a variable capacitor"; "variable filters in front of the mercury xenon lights"
n
  1. something that is likely to vary; something that is subject to variation; "the weather is one variable to be considered"
  2. a quantity that can assume any of a set of values
    Synonym(s): variable, variable quantity
  3. a star that varies noticeably in brightness
    Synonym(s): variable star, variable
  4. a symbol (like x or y) that is used in mathematical or logical expressions to represent a variable quantity
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
variable quantity
n
  1. a quantity that can assume any of a set of values [syn: variable, variable quantity]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
variable resistor
n
  1. resistor for regulating current [syn: rheostat, {variable resistor}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
variable star
n
  1. a star that varies noticeably in brightness [syn: {variable star}, variable]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
variable-pitch propeller
n
  1. propeller for which the angle of the blades is adjustable
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
variableness
n
  1. the quality of being subject to variation [syn: variability, variableness, variance]
    Antonym(s): invariability, invariableness, invariance
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
variably
adv
  1. with variation; in a variable manner or to a variable degree; "it will be variably cloudy"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
verbal
adj
  1. communicated in the form of words; "verbal imagery"; "a verbal protest"
  2. of or relating to or formed from words in general; "verbal ability"
  3. of or relating to or formed from a verb; "verbal adjectives like `running' in `hot and cold running water'"
  4. relating to or having facility in the use of words; "a good poet is a verbal artist"; "a merely verbal writer who sacrifices content to sound"; "verbal aptitude"
    Antonym(s): mathematical, numerical
  5. expressed in spoken words; "a verbal contract"
  6. prolix; "you put me to forget a lady's manners by being so verbal"- Shakespeare
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
verbal creation
n
  1. creating something by the use of speech and language
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
verbal description
n
  1. a statement that represents something in words [syn: description, verbal description]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
verbal expression
n
  1. the communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions; "expressions of good will"; "he helped me find verbal expression for my ideas"; "the idea was immediate but the verbalism took hours"
    Synonym(s): expression, verbal expression, verbalism
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
verbal intelligence
n
  1. intelligence in the use and comprehension of language
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
verbal noun
n
  1. a noun that is derived from a verb [syn: verbal noun, deverbal noun]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
verbalisation
n
  1. the words that are spoken in the activity of verbalization
    Synonym(s): verbalization, verbalisation
  2. the activity of expressing something in words
    Synonym(s): verbalization, verbalisation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
verbalise
v
  1. be verbose; "This lawyer verbalizes and is rather tedious"
    Synonym(s): verbalize, verbalise
  2. express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"
    Synonym(s): talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
  3. articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise; "She expressed her anger"; "He uttered a curse"
    Synonym(s): express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to
  4. convert into a verb; "many English nouns have become verbalized"
    Synonym(s): verbalize, verbalise
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
verbalised
adj
  1. communicated in words; "frequently uttered sentiments"
    Synonym(s): expressed, uttered, verbalized, verbalised
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
verbaliser
n
  1. someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous); "the speaker at commencement"; "an utterer of useful maxims"
    Synonym(s): speaker, talker, utterer, verbalizer, verbaliser
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
verbalism
n
  1. the communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions; "expressions of good will"; "he helped me find verbal expression for my ideas"; "the idea was immediate but the verbalism took hours"
    Synonym(s): expression, verbal expression, verbalism
  2. overabundance of words
    Synonym(s): verbiage, verbalism
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
verbalization
n
  1. the words that are spoken in the activity of verbalization
    Synonym(s): verbalization, verbalisation
  2. the activity of expressing something in words
    Synonym(s): verbalization, verbalisation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
verbalize
v
  1. be verbose; "This lawyer verbalizes and is rather tedious"
    Synonym(s): verbalize, verbalise
  2. express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"
    Synonym(s): talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
  3. articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise; "She expressed her anger"; "He uttered a curse"
    Synonym(s): express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to
  4. convert into a verb; "many English nouns have become verbalized"
    Synonym(s): verbalize, verbalise
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
verbalized
adj
  1. communicated in words; "frequently uttered sentiments"
    Synonym(s): expressed, uttered, verbalized, verbalised
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
verbalizer
n
  1. someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous); "the speaker at commencement"; "an utterer of useful maxims"
    Synonym(s): speaker, talker, utterer, verbalizer, verbaliser
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
verbally
adv
  1. as a verb; "he had a habit of using nouns verbally"
  2. by means of language; "verbally expressive"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
verbolatry
n
  1. the worship of words [syn: verbolatry, grammatolatry, word-worship]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Variability \Va`ri*a*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. variabilit[82].]
      1. The quality or state of being variable; variableness.
  
      2. (Biol.) The power possessed by living organisms, both
            animal and vegetable, of adapting themselves to
            modifications or changes in their environment, thus
            possibly giving rise to ultimate variation of structure or
            function.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Variable \Va"ri*a*ble\, n.
      1. That which is variable; that which varies, or is subject
            to change.
  
      2. (Math.) A quantity which may increase or decrease; a
            quantity which admits of an infinite number of values in
            the same expression; a variable quantity; as, in the
            equation x^{2} - y^{2} = R^{2}, x and y are variables.
  
      3. (Naut.)
            (a) A shifting wind, or one that varies in force.
            (b) pl. Those parts of the sea where a steady wind is not
                  expected, especially the parts between the trade-wind
                  belts.
  
      {Independent variable} (Math.), that one of two or more
            variables, connected with each other in any way whatever,
            to which changes are supposed to be given at will. Thus,
            in the equation x^{2} - y^{2} = R^{2}, if arbitrary
            changes are supposed to be given to x, then x is the
            independent variable, and y is called a function of x.
            There may be two or more independent variables in an
            equation or problem. Cf. {Dependent variable}, under
            {Dependent}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Variable \Va"ri*a*ble\, a. [L. variabilis: cf. F. variable.]
      1. Having the capacity of varying or changing; capable of
            alternation in any manner; changeable; as, variable winds
            or seasons; a variable quantity.
  
      2. Liable to vary; too susceptible of change; mutable;
            fickle; unsteady; inconstant; as, the affections of men
            are variable; passions are variable.
  
                     Lest that thy love prove likewise variable. --Shak.
  
                     His heart, I know, how variable and vain! --Milton.
  
      {Variable exhaust} (Steam Eng.), a blast pipe with an
            adjustable opening.
  
      {Variable quantity} (Math.), a variable.
  
      {Variable stars} (Astron.), fixed stars which vary in their
            brightness, usually in more or less uniform periods.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Variable \Va"ri*a*ble\, a. [L. variabilis: cf. F. variable.]
      1. Having the capacity of varying or changing; capable of
            alternation in any manner; changeable; as, variable winds
            or seasons; a variable quantity.
  
      2. Liable to vary; too susceptible of change; mutable;
            fickle; unsteady; inconstant; as, the affections of men
            are variable; passions are variable.
  
                     Lest that thy love prove likewise variable. --Shak.
  
                     His heart, I know, how variable and vain! --Milton.
  
      {Variable exhaust} (Steam Eng.), a blast pipe with an
            adjustable opening.
  
      {Variable quantity} (Math.), a variable.
  
      {Variable stars} (Astron.), fixed stars which vary in their
            brightness, usually in more or less uniform periods.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Variable \Va"ri*a*ble\, a. [L. variabilis: cf. F. variable.]
      1. Having the capacity of varying or changing; capable of
            alternation in any manner; changeable; as, variable winds
            or seasons; a variable quantity.
  
      2. Liable to vary; too susceptible of change; mutable;
            fickle; unsteady; inconstant; as, the affections of men
            are variable; passions are variable.
  
                     Lest that thy love prove likewise variable. --Shak.
  
                     His heart, I know, how variable and vain! --Milton.
  
      {Variable exhaust} (Steam Eng.), a blast pipe with an
            adjustable opening.
  
      {Variable quantity} (Math.), a variable.
  
      {Variable stars} (Astron.), fixed stars which vary in their
            brightness, usually in more or less uniform periods.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Blazing star}, {Double star}, {Multiple star}, {Shooting
      star}, etc. See under {Blazing}, {Double}, etc.
  
      {Nebulous star} (Astron.), a small well-defined circular
            nebula, having a bright nucleus at its center like a star.
           
  
      {Star anise} (Bot.), any plant of the genus Illicium; -- so
            called from its star-shaped capsules.
  
      {Star apple} (Bot.), a tropical American tree ({Chrysophyllum
            Cainito}), having a milky juice and oblong leaves with a
            silky-golden pubescence beneath. It bears an applelike
            fruit, the carpels of which present a starlike figure when
            cut across. The name is extended to the whole genus of
            about sixty species, and the natural order
            ({Sapotace[91]}) to which it belongs is called the
            Star-apple family.
  
      {Star conner}, one who cons, or studies, the stars; an
            astronomer or an astrologer. --Gascoigne.
  
      {Star coral} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of stony
            corals belonging to {Astr[91]a}, {Orbicella}, and allied
            genera, in which the calicles are round or polygonal and
            contain conspicuous radiating septa.
  
      {Star cucumber}. (Bot.) See under {Cucumber}.
  
      {Star flower}. (Bot.)
            (a) A plant of the genus {Ornithogalum};
                  star-of-Bethlehem.
            (b) See {Starwort}
            (b) .
            (c) An American plant of the genus {Trientalis}
                  ({Trientalis Americana}). --Gray.
  
      {Star fort} (Fort.), a fort surrounded on the exterior with
            projecting angles; -- whence the name.
  
      {Star gauge} (Ordnance), a long rod, with adjustable points
            projecting radially at its end, for measuring the size of
            different parts of the bore of a gun.
  
      {Star grass}. (Bot.)
            (a) A small grasslike plant ({Hypoxis erecta}) having
                  star-shaped yellow flowers.
            (b) The colicroot. See {Colicroot}.
  
      {Star hyacinth} (Bot.), a bulbous plant of the genus {Scilla}
            ({S. autumnalis}); -- called also {star-headed hyacinth}.
           
  
      {Star jelly} (Bot.), any one of several gelatinous plants
            ({Nostoc commune}, {N. edule}, etc.). See {Nostoc}.
  
      {Star lizard}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Stellion}.
  
      {Star-of-Bethlehem} (Bot.), a bulbous liliaceous plant
            ({Ornithogalum umbellatum}) having a small white starlike
            flower.
  
      {Star-of-the-earth} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Plantago}
            ({P. coronopus}), growing upon the seashore.
  
      {Star polygon} (Geom.), a polygon whose sides cut each other
            so as to form a star-shaped figure.
  
      {Stars and Stripes}, a popular name for the flag of the
            United States, which consists of thirteen horizontal
            stripes, alternately red and white, and a union having, in
            a blue field, white stars to represent the several States,
            one for each.
  
                     With the old flag, the true American flag, the
                     Eagle, and the Stars and Stripes, waving over the
                     chamber in which we sit.                     --D. Webster.
  
      {Star showers}. See {Shooting star}, under {Shooting}.
  
      {Star thistle} (Bot.), an annual composite plant ({Centaurea
            solstitialis}) having the involucre armed with radiating
            spines.
  
      {Star wheel} (Mach.), a star-shaped disk, used as a kind of
            ratchet wheel, in repeating watches and the feed motions
            of some machines.
  
      {Star worm} (Zo[94]l.), a gephyrean.
  
      {Temporary star} (Astron.), a star which appears suddenly,
            shines for a period, and then nearly or quite disappears.
            These stars are supposed by some astronometers to be
            variable stars of long and undetermined periods.
  
      {Variable star} (Astron.), a star whose brilliancy varies
            periodically, generally with regularity, but sometimes
            irregularly; -- called {periodical star} when its changes
            occur at fixed periods.
  
      {Water star grass} (Bot.), an aquatic plant ({Schollera
            graminea}) with small yellow starlike blossoms.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Variable \Va"ri*a*ble\, a. [L. variabilis: cf. F. variable.]
      1. Having the capacity of varying or changing; capable of
            alternation in any manner; changeable; as, variable winds
            or seasons; a variable quantity.
  
      2. Liable to vary; too susceptible of change; mutable;
            fickle; unsteady; inconstant; as, the affections of men
            are variable; passions are variable.
  
                     Lest that thy love prove likewise variable. --Shak.
  
                     His heart, I know, how variable and vain! --Milton.
  
      {Variable exhaust} (Steam Eng.), a blast pipe with an
            adjustable opening.
  
      {Variable quantity} (Math.), a variable.
  
      {Variable stars} (Astron.), fixed stars which vary in their
            brightness, usually in more or less uniform periods.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Velocity \Ve*loc"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Velocities}. [L. velocitas,
      from velox, -ocis, swift, quick; perhaps akin to v[?]lare to
      fly (see {Volatile}): cf. F. v[82]locit[82].]
      1. Quickness of motion; swiftness; speed; celerity; rapidity;
            as, the velocity of wind; the velocity of a planet or
            comet in its orbit or course; the velocity of a cannon
            ball; the velocity of light.
  
      Note: In such phrases, velocity is more generally used than
               celerity. We apply celerity to animals; as, a horse or
               an ostrich runs with celerity; but bodies moving in the
               air or in ethereal space move with greater or less
               velocity, not celerity. This usage is arbitrary, and
               perhaps not universal.
  
      2. (Mech.) Rate of motion; the relation of motion to time,
            measured by the number of units of space passed over by a
            moving body or point in a unit of time, usually the number
            of feet passed over in a second. See the Note under
            {Speed}.
  
      {Angular velocity}. See under {Angular}.
  
      {Initial velocity}, the velocity of a moving body at
            starting; especially, the velocity of a projectile as it
            leaves the mouth of a firearm from which it is discharged.
           
  
      {Relative velocity}, the velocity with which a body
            approaches or recedes from another body, whether both are
            moving or only one.
  
      {Uniform velocity}, velocity in which the same number of
            units of space are described in each successive unit of
            time.
  
      {Variable velocity}, velocity in which the space described
            varies from instant, either increasing or decreasing; --
            in the former case called accelerated velocity, in the
            latter, retarded velocity; the acceleration or retardation
            itself being also either uniform or variable.
  
      {Virtual velocity}. See under {Virtual}.
  
      Note: In variable velocity, the velocity, strictly, at any
               given instant, is the rate of motion at that instant,
               and is expressed by the units of space, which, if the
               velocity at that instant were continued uniform during
               a unit of time, would be described in the unit of time;
               thus, the velocity of a falling body at a given instant
               is the number of feet which, if the motion which the
               body has at that instant were continued uniformly for
               one second, it would pass through in the second. The
               scientific sense of velocity differs from the popular
               sense in being applied to all rates of motion, however
               slow, while the latter implies more or less rapidity or
               quickness of motion.
  
      Syn: Swiftness; celerity; rapidity; fleetness; speed.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Variableness \Va"ri*a*ble*ness\, n.
      The quality or state of being variable; variability. --James
      i. 17.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Variably \Va"ri*a*bly\, adv.
      In a variable manner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Varvel \Var"vel\, n. [F. vervelle.]
      In falconry, one of the rings secured to the ends of the
      jesses. [Written also {vervel}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Varveled \Var"veled\, a.
      Having varvels, or rings. [Written also {varvelled}, and
      {vervelled}.]
  
      Note: In heraldry, when the jesses attached to the legs of
               hawks hang loose, or have pendent ends with rings at
               the tips, the blazon is a hawk (or a hawk's leg) jessed
               and varveled.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Varveled \Var"veled\, a.
      Having varvels, or rings. [Written also {varvelled}, and
      {vervelled}.]
  
      Note: In heraldry, when the jesses attached to the legs of
               hawks hang loose, or have pendent ends with rings at
               the tips, the blazon is a hawk (or a hawk's leg) jessed
               and varveled.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Verbal \Ver"bal\, n. (Gram.)
      A noun derived from a verb.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Verbal \Ver"bal\, a. [F., fr. L. verbalis. See {Verb}.]
      1. Expressed in words, whether spoken or written, but
            commonly in spoken words; hence, spoken; oral; not
            written; as, a verbal contract; verbal testimony.
  
                     Made she no verbal question?               --Shak.
  
                     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.
                                                                              --Mayhew.
  
      2. Consisting in, or having to do with, words only; dealing
            with words rather than with the ideas intended to be
            conveyed; as, a verbal critic; a verbal change.
  
                     And loses, though but verbal, his reward. --Milton.
  
                     Mere verbal refinements, instead of substantial
                     knowledge.                                          --Whewell.
  
      3. Having word answering to word; word for word; literal; as,
            a verbal translation.
  
      4. Abounding with words; verbose. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
      5. (Gram.) Of or pertaining to a verb; as, a verbal group;
            derived directly from a verb; as, a verbal noun; used in
            forming verbs; as, a verbal prefix.
  
      {Verbal inspiration}. See under {Inspiration}.
  
      {Verbal noun} (Gram.), a noun derived directly from a verb or
            verb stem; a verbal. The term is specifically applied to
            infinitives, and nouns ending in -ing, esp. to the latter.
            See {Gerund}, and {-ing}, 2. See also, {Infinitive mood},
            under {Infinitive}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Inspiration \In`spi*ra"tion\, n. [F. inspiration, L. inspiratio.
      See {Inspire}.]
      1. The act of inspiring or breathing in; breath; specif.
            (Physiol.), the drawing of air into the lungs,
            accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls
            and flattening of the diaphragm; -- the opposite of
            expiration.
  
      2. The act or power of exercising an elevating or stimulating
            influence upon the intellect or emotions; the result of
            such influence which quickens or stimulates; as, the
            inspiration of occasion, of art, etc.
  
                     Your father was ever virtuous, and holy men at their
                     death have good inspirations.            --Shak.
  
      3. (Theol.) A supernatural divine influence on the prophets,
            apostles, or sacred writers, by which they were qualified
            to communicate moral or religious truth with authority; a
            supernatural influence which qualifies men to receive and
            communicate divine truth; also, the truth communicated.
  
                     All Scripture is given by inspiration of God. --2
                                                                              Tim. iii. 16.
  
                     The age which we now live in is not an age of
                     inspiration and impulses.                  --Sharp.
  
      {Plenary inspiration} (Theol.), that kind of inspiration
            which excludes all defect in the utterance of the inspired
            message.
  
      {Verbal inspiration} (Theol.), that kind of inspiration which
            extends to the very words and forms of expression of the
            divine message.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Verbal \Ver"bal\, a. [F., fr. L. verbalis. See {Verb}.]
      1. Expressed in words, whether spoken or written, but
            commonly in spoken words; hence, spoken; oral; not
            written; as, a verbal contract; verbal testimony.
  
                     Made she no verbal question?               --Shak.
  
                     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.
                                                                              --Mayhew.
  
      2. Consisting in, or having to do with, words only; dealing
            with words rather than with the ideas intended to be
            conveyed; as, a verbal critic; a verbal change.
  
                     And loses, though but verbal, his reward. --Milton.
  
                     Mere verbal refinements, instead of substantial
                     knowledge.                                          --Whewell.
  
      3. Having word answering to word; word for word; literal; as,
            a verbal translation.
  
      4. Abounding with words; verbose. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
      5. (Gram.) Of or pertaining to a verb; as, a verbal group;
            derived directly from a verb; as, a verbal noun; used in
            forming verbs; as, a verbal prefix.
  
      {Verbal inspiration}. See under {Inspiration}.
  
      {Verbal noun} (Gram.), a noun derived directly from a verb or
            verb stem; a verbal. The term is specifically applied to
            infinitives, and nouns ending in -ing, esp. to the latter.
            See {Gerund}, and {-ing}, 2. See also, {Infinitive mood},
            under {Infinitive}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Verbal \Ver"bal\, a. [F., fr. L. verbalis. See {Verb}.]
      1. Expressed in words, whether spoken or written, but
            commonly in spoken words; hence, spoken; oral; not
            written; as, a verbal contract; verbal testimony.
  
                     Made she no verbal question?               --Shak.
  
                     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.
                                                                              --Mayhew.
  
      2. Consisting in, or having to do with, words only; dealing
            with words rather than with the ideas intended to be
            conveyed; as, a verbal critic; a verbal change.
  
                     And loses, though but verbal, his reward. --Milton.
  
                     Mere verbal refinements, instead of substantial
                     knowledge.                                          --Whewell.
  
      3. Having word answering to word; word for word; literal; as,
            a verbal translation.
  
      4. Abounding with words; verbose. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
      5. (Gram.) Of or pertaining to a verb; as, a verbal group;
            derived directly from a verb; as, a verbal noun; used in
            forming verbs; as, a verbal prefix.
  
      {Verbal inspiration}. See under {Inspiration}.
  
      {Verbal noun} (Gram.), a noun derived directly from a verb or
            verb stem; a verbal. The term is specifically applied to
            infinitives, and nouns ending in -ing, esp. to the latter.
            See {Gerund}, and {-ing}, 2. See also, {Infinitive mood},
            under {Infinitive}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Verbalism \Ver"bal*ism\, n.
      Something expressed verbally; a verbal remark or expression.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Verbalist \Ver"bal*ist\, n.
      A literal adherent to, or a minute critic of, words; a
      literalist.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Verbality \Ver*bal"i*ty\, n.
      The quality or state of being verbal; mere words; bare
      literal expression. [R.] [bd]More verbality than matter.[b8]
      --Bp. Hall.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Verbalization \Ver`bal*i*za"tion\, n.
      The act of verbalizing, or the state of being verbalized.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Verbalize \Ver"bal*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Verbalized}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Verbalizing}.] [Cf. F. verbaliser.]
      To convert into a verb; to verbify.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Verbalize \Ver"bal*ize\, v. i.
      To be verbose.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Verbalize \Ver"bal*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Verbalized}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Verbalizing}.] [Cf. F. verbaliser.]
      To convert into a verb; to verbify.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Verbalize \Ver"bal*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Verbalized}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Verbalizing}.] [Cf. F. verbaliser.]
      To convert into a verb; to verbify.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Verbally \Ver"bal*ly\, adv.
      1. In a verbal manner; orally.
  
      2. Word for word; verbatim. --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Varvel \Var"vel\, n. [F. vervelle.]
      In falconry, one of the rings secured to the ends of the
      jesses. [Written also {vervel}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vervel \Ver"vel\, n.
      See {Varvel}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Varvel \Var"vel\, n. [F. vervelle.]
      In falconry, one of the rings secured to the ends of the
      jesses. [Written also {vervel}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vervel \Ver"vel\, n.
      See {Varvel}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Varveled \Var"veled\, a.
      Having varvels, or rings. [Written also {varvelled}, and
      {vervelled}.]
  
      Note: In heraldry, when the jesses attached to the legs of
               hawks hang loose, or have pendent ends with rings at
               the tips, the blazon is a hawk (or a hawk's leg) jessed
               and varveled.
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