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Webster 1913 Edition
Verbalize
Ver′bal-ize
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Verbalized
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Verbalizing
.] [Cf. F.
verbaliser
.] 1.
To convert into a verb; to verbify.
Ver′bal-ize
,Verb.
I.
To be verbose.
Webster 1828 Edition
Verbalize
VERB'ALIZE
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
verbalize
verbalize
English
Alternative forms
Verb
verbalize (third-person singular simple present verbalizes, present participle verbalizing, simple past and past participle verbalized)
- To speak or to use words to express.
- Bill became tongue-tied and could not verbalize his thoughts in the presence of the girl he had a crush on.
- (grammar) To adapt a word of another part of speech as a verb.
Translations
to express
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to adapt as a verb
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Portuguese
Verb
verbalize
- First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of verbalizar
- Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present subjunctive of verbalizar
- Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of verbalizar
- Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of verbalizar