VERBATIM
Ver*ba"tim, adv. Etym: [LL., fr. L. verbum word.]
Defn: Word for word; in the same words; verbally; as, to tell a story verbatim as another has related it. Verbatim et literatim Etym: [LL.], word for word, and letter for letter.
VERBENA
Ver*be"na, n. Etym: [L. See Vervain.] (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers; vervain.
Note: Verbena, or vervain, was used by the Greeks, the Romans, and the Druids, in their sacred rites. Brewer. Essence of verbena, Oil of verbena, a perfume prepared from the lemon verbena; also, a similar perfume properly called grass oil. See Grass oil, under Grass. — Lemon, or Sweet, verbena, a shrubby verbenaceous plant (Lippia citriodora), with narrow leaves which exhale a pleasant, lemonlike fragrance when crushed.
VERBENACEOUS
Ver`be*na"ceous, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to a natural order (Verbenaceæ) of gamopetalous plants of which Verbena is the type. The order includes also the black and white mangroves, and many plants noted for medicinal use or for beauty of bloom.
VERBENATE
Ver"be*nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Verbenated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Verbenating.] Etym: [L. verbenatus crowned with a wreath of sacred
boughs. See Verbena.]
Defn: To strew with verbena, or vervain, as in ancient sacrifices and rites.
VERBERATE Ver"ber*ate, v. t. Etym: [L. verberatus, p. p. of verberare to beat, from verber a lash, a whip.]