verbalise

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A form of verbalize — To speak or to use words to express.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

verbverbalise (third-person singular simple present verbalises, present participle verbalising, simple past and past participle verbalised)

present singular third person verbalises · participle present verbalising · participle past verbalised · past verbalised

  1. UKnonstandardNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of verbalize.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbbe verbose

verbarticulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise

Similar
expressverbalizeuttergive tongue to

verbconvert into a verb

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Frenchverbaliser
  2. Englishverbalise

Partly from Middle French verbaliser and partly from verbal + -ise.

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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “verbalise,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/verbalise.

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