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ver⋅ba⋅tim

[ver-bey-tim]
–adverb
1. in exactly the same words; word for word: to repeat something verbatim.
–adjective
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.

Origin:
1475–85; < ML verbātim, equiv. to verb(um) word + -ātim adv. suffix
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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.]
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Word Origin & History

verbatim 
1481, from M.L. verbatim "word for word," from L. verbum "word" (see verb).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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