vertèbre, n.f., vertebra.

vertébré, -e, adj., vertebral, vertebrate.

vertébré, n.m., (zoöl.) vertebral, vertebrate. Les —s; the vertebrates.

vertement, adv., vigorously, briskly, sharply; harshly, severely. Je l’ai tancé —; I reprimanded him most severely, I gave him a good talking to.

vertical, -e, adj., vertical.

verticalement (-kal-mān), adv., vertically.

verticalité, n.f., verticalness.

*verticille, n.m., (bot.) verticil; whorl.

*verticillé, -e, adj., (bot.) verticillate.

verticité, n.f., verticity (of the sea compass).