verbal

  1. Adjective.  Of, or relating to words.
  2. Adjective.  Concerned with the words, rather than the substance of a text.
  3. Adjective.  Consisting of words only.
  4. Adjective.  Expressly spoken or written, as opposed to implied.
  5. Adjective.  (grammar) Derived from, or having the nature of a verb.
  6. Adjective.  (grammar) Used to form a verb.
  7. Adjective.  Capable of speech.
  8. Noun.  (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.
  9. Verb.  (transitive, British) To fabricate a confession.

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