verbigerate

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.]

2. (Med.) To repeat a word or sentence, in speaking or writing, without wishing to do so or in spite of efforts to cease. -- Ver*big`er*a"tion, n.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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