Definitions
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- adverb Word for word; verbatim.
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- adverb On a
word -by-word basis, withoutrephrasing ;word for word ;verbatim .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin : ad, in accordance with + verbum, word.]
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Latin, "to the word".
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Examples
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sionnach commented on the word ad verbum
to the word; word for word, verbatim.
January 3, 2009
jmjarmstrong commented on the word ad verbum
JM knows there is a word for it and suspects it is ad verbum.
July 8, 2010