[ver-bey-tim] 
| 1. | in exactly the same words; word for word: to repeat something verbatim. |
| 2. | corresponding word for word to the original source or text: a verbatim record of the proceedings. |
| 3. | skilled at recording or noting down speeches, proceedings, etc., with word-for-word accuracy: a verbatim stenographer. |
| ver·ba·tim (vər-bā'tĭm) adj. Using exactly the same words; corresponding word for word: a verbatim report of the conversation. adv. In exactly the same words; word for word: repeated their dialogue verbatim. [Middle English, from Medieval Latin verbātim, from Latin verbum, word; see verb.] |