verbate

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verb

To transcribe or repeat verbatim.

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Meanings

verbverbate (third-person singular simple present verbates, present participle verbating, simple past and past participle verbated)

present singular third person verbates · participle present verbating · participle past verbated · past verbated

  1. To transcribe or repeat verbatim.

    I have al onely verbated and folowed mine auctour as nyghe as I coulde with the profoundite of good herte, and where as oni faute bi me or wrong Impression be found intelligibly after their science to correct and amend in pardoning al ygnoraunce.

    1512(?), Helyas, in 1827, Robert Copland, The History of Helyas: Knight of the Swan, page 2

Origin

Back-formation from verbatim. Equivalent to verb + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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APA

verbate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/verbate

MLA

“verbate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/verbate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “verbate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/verbate.

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