verbalize Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb be verbose
    verbalise.
    • This lawyer verbalizes and is rather tedious
  2. verb express in speech
    verbalise; mouth; utter; talk; speak.
    • She talks a lot of nonsense
    • This depressed patient does not verbalize
  3. verb articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise
    give tongue to; utter; express; verbalise.
    • She expressed her anger
    • He uttered a curse
  4. verb convert into a verb
    verbalise.
    • many English nouns have become verbalized

WordNet


Ver"bal*ize transitive verb
Etymology
Cf. F. verbaliser.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Verbalized ; present participle & verbal noun Verbalizing
Definitions
  1. To convert into a verb; to verbify.
Ver"bal*ize intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To be verbose.

Webster 1913