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English

Etymology
From the LL. term|verbalis||'belonging to a word|lang=la.

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-verbal.ogg|Audio (US)
:rhymes|��(r)b�l

Adjective
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1. Of, or relating to words.
2. Concerned with the words, rather than the substance of a text.
3. Consisting of words only.
4. Expressly spoken or written, as opposed to implied.
5. grammar Derived from, or having the nature of a verb.
6. grammar Used to form a verb.
7. Spoken and not written; oral.

Translations
trans-top|of, or relating to words
Czech: slovní m
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ttbc|Italian: deverbale (5)
ttbc|Novial: verbal
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Noun
en-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.

Translations
trans-top|grammar
Italian: deverbale m
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Verb
en-verb|verbals|verballing|verballed

1. context|transitive|Australia To fabricate a confession

#*1982, John A. Andrews, Human Rights in Criminal Procedure: A Comparative Study, ISBN 9024725526, BRILL, page 128
#*: "The problem of 'verballing' is unlikely to disappear, whatever the legal status of the person detained."
#*2001, Chris Cunneen, Conflict, Politics and Crime: Aboriginal Communities and the Police, ISBN 1864487194, Allen & Unwin, page 116
#*: "Condren had always claimed that he was assaulted and verballed by police over the murder he had supposedly confessed to committing."
#*2004, Jeremy Gans & Andrew Palmer, Australian Principles of Evidence, ISBN 1876905123, Routledge Cavendish, page 504
#*: "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."

See also
verbal complement
verbal diarrhoea
verbal noun
verbal regency
verbal warning

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