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Verb: verbalize  'vurbu`lIz
  1. Be verbose
    "This lawyer verbalizes and is rather tedious"
    - verbalise [Brit]
     
  2. Express in speech
    "This depressed patient does not verbalize"
    - talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalise [Brit]
     
  3. Articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise
    - express, verbalise [Brit], utter, give tongue to
     
  4. Convert into a verb
    "many English nouns have become verbalized"
    - verbalise [Brit]

Derived forms: verbalizing, verbalizes, verbalized

See also: verbalization, verbalizer

Type of: communicate, convert, intercommunicate