Verbal

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A noun derived from a verb.

II. Verbal ·adj Abounding with words; verbose.

III. Verbal ·adj Having word answering to word; word for word; literal; as, a verbal translation.

IV. Verbal ·adj Of or pertaining to a verb; as, a verbal group; derived directly from a verb; as, a verbal noun; used in forming verbs; as, a verbal prefix.

V. Verbal ·adj Expressed in words, whether spoken or written, but commonly in spoken words; hence, spoken; oral; not written; as, a verbal contract; verbal testimony.

VI. Verbal ·adj Consisting in, or having to do with, words only; dealing with words rather than with the ideas intended to be conveyed; as, a verbal critic; a verbal change.