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ver⋅bal⋅ize

  [vur-buh-lahyz] verb, -ized, -iz⋅ing.
Use verbalize in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to express in words: He couldn't verbalize his feelings.
2. Grammar. to convert into a verb: to verbalize “butter” into “to butter.”
–verb (used without object)
3. to use many words; be verbose.
4. to express something verbally.
Also, especially British, ver⋅bal⋅ise.

Origin:
1600–10; verbal + -ize; cf. F verbaliser

Related forms:
ver⋅bal⋅i⋅za⋅tion, noun
ver⋅bal⋅iz⋅er, noun
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ver·bal·ize   (vûr'bə-līz')   
v.   ver·bal·ized, ver·bal·iz·ing, ver·bal·iz·es

v.   tr.
  1. To express in words.
  2. Grammar To convert to use as a verb: verbalized the noun contact.
v.   intr.
  1. To express oneself in words.
  2. To be verbose.
ver'bal·i·za'tion (-bə-lĭ-zā'shən) n., ver'bal·iz'er n.
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Verbalize

Ver"bal*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Verbalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Verbalizing.] [Cf. F. verbaliser.] To convert into a verb; to verbify.

Verbalize

Ver"bal*ize\, v. i. To be verbose.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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verbalize 
1609, "use too many words," from Fr. verbaliser (16c.); see verbal. Meaning "express in words" is attested from 1875.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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