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verbal

/ˈvɜː.bəl/
noun

  1. (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.

    Similar: non-finite verb

  2. A confession given to police.

Synonymsnon-finite verb
verb

  1. To induce into fabricating a confession.

adjective

  1. Of or relating to words.

    Similar: wordish

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

  3. Consisting of words only.

Synonymslectic, literal, verbatim, rhematic, wordish
Antonymsimplied, unsaid, non-verbal, substantive, preverbal

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