Meanings
verbword it (third-person singular simple present words it, present participle wording it, simple past and past participle worded it)
present singular third person words it · participle present wording it · participle past worded it · past worded it
- idiomaticobsoleteTo bandy words; to dispute; to speak excessively or angrily.
to word it with her [a shrew]
1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC
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