Middle English Dictionary Entry
verbā̆l(e adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | verbā̆l(e adj. |
| Etymology | L verbālis; also cp. OF verbal. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Belonging to the realm of language rather than to reality, semantic, verbal.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 Chauliac(1) (NY 12:Wallner)2.20/1 : Þe discrepacioun or discordance is only verbale [Ch.(2): of wordes; L verbalis], i. in worde, & noȝt reale, i. in dede, as it sheweþ in dede.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)3921 : I wyl no lengere…vsyn þis doyng, Ne hap þat in swych uerbal batayle I be ouyr-commyn.