Defn: To beat; to strike. [Obs.] "The sound . . . rebounds again and verberates the skies." Mir. for Mag.
VERBERATION
Ver`ber*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. verberatio: cf. F. verbération.]
1. The act of verberating; a beating or striking. Arbuthnot.
2. The impulse of a body; which causes sound. [R.]
VERBIAGE
Ver"bi*age (; 48), n. Etym: [F. verbiage, from OF. verbe a word. See
Verb.]
Defn: The use of many words without necessity, or with little sense;
a superabundance of words; verbosity; wordiness.
Verbiage may indicate observation, but not thinking. W. Irving.
This barren verbiage current among men. Tennyson.
VERBIFY
Ver"bi*fy, v. t. Etym: [Verb + -fy.]
Defn: To make into a verb; to use as a verb; to verbalize. [R.]
Earle.
VERBIGERATE
Ver*big"er*ate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. -ated; p. pr. & vb. n. -ating.]
[L. verbigerate, -atum, to talk.]
1. To talk; chat. [Obs.]