verbo-, verb-, verbi- +

Grasp the subject, the words will follow.

Cato, the Elder.

Things not words; material fact or concrete action as opposed to mere talk.

The action of splitting (dividing) words.

When words are written, they remain; when they are spoken, they fly in the air.

Pardon my words.

Under the word [title].

A term used in cross references in dictionaries, encyclopedias, indexes, etc.

To translate verbally or word for word.

A word or group of words that express time while showing an action, a condition, or the fact that something exists.

Verbs have a major effect on syntax; that is, on the way words are put together and are related to one another in sentences. Because of this effect, verbs are generally divided into two main categories: action verbs and linking verbs.

The majority of verbs in English express action. They are used to tell what someone or something does, did, or will do. Linking verbs; on the other hand, are used to express a condition or the fact that something exists.

Linking verbs never express action. Instead, they link, or join, words in a sentence; such as, connecting a subject of a sentence with a word at or near the end of the sentence. The verb be, or to be, is the most common linking verb.

Linking verbs: Ms. Jones is our neighbor. The cake batter should be smooth. The cartons of milk are in the refrigerator. The keys were here yesterday.

The verb, around which the sentence is built, serves as the simple predicate. It shows action or state of being or condition.

A verb may consist of only one word: I rang the bell. (action). I am sure. (state of being or condition)

A verb may be a verb phrase, a group of words used as one verb: I should have brushed my hair. I have been ready for an hour.

1. Dealing in or with words, especially with mere words in contrast to things or realities.
2. Using many words; talkative, verbose; ready to use words; articulate.
3. Interested in, attending to, the mere words of a literary composition.
4. Consisting or composed of words; also, of or pertaining to, manifested in, words.
5. In diplomacy, a verbal note is an unsigned note or memorandum sent as a mere reminder of some matter not of immediate importance.
6. Verbal diarrhea, a tendency to talk too much; extreme verbosity.
7. Concerned with, affecting or involving, words only, without touching things or realities.
8. Finding expression in words only, without being manifested in action.
8. Expressed or conveyed by speech instead of writing; stated or delivered by word of mouth; oral.
9. A noun, or other part of speech, derived from a verb.
10. A word or group of words performing the function of a verb.
11. A verbal statement, specifically a damaging admission, alleged to have been made by a suspected criminal and offered in evidence against him at a trial.

Agraphia (a mental inability to write properly) in which single letters can be written, but not words.

1. A verbal expression; a word or vocable.
2. Predominance of what is merely verbal over reality or real significance.
3. The uncritical or undisciplined use of words, especially without any attempt to analyze their meanings or values.

1. Someone who is skilled in the use of words, but often at the expense of ideas and reality.
2. One who is skilled in the use or knowledge of words.
3. Someone who tends to concentrate on words or language rather than on things such as facts, feelings, or ideas.

Of, pertaining to, or characterized by verbalism.

1. The quality of being (merely) verbal; that which consists of mere words or verbiage.
2. Verbal expressions or phrases.
3. The quality appropriate to a verb.

Capable of being expressed in words; able to be verbalized.