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n. The quality of being adverbial. Earle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To give the force or form of an adverb to. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the manner of an adverb. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To bid or offer beyond, or in excess of. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To outlive. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. proverbialis: cf. F. proverbial. ] 1. Mentioned or comprised in a proverb; used as a proverb; hence, commonly known; as, a proverbial expression; his meanness was proverbial. [ 1913 Webster ]

In case of excesses, I take the German proverbial cure, by a hair of the same beast, to be the worst. Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to proverbs; resembling a proverb. “A proverbial obscurity.” Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A proverbial phrase. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who makes much use of proverbs in speech or writing; one who composes, collects, or studies proverbs. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ Cf. F. proverbialiser. ] To turn into a proverb; to speak in proverbs. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a proverbial manner; by way of proverb; hence, commonly; universally; as, it is proverbially said; the bee is proverbially busy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) An Old World finch of the genus Minia, as the Minia Malabarica of India, and Minia cantans of Africa. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. tri- + L. verbum a word. ] (Rom. Antiq.) Pertaining to, or designating, certain days allowed to the pretor for hearing causes, when be might speak the three characteristic words of his office, do, dico, addico. They were called dies fasti. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. verbiage, from OF. verbe a word. See Verb. ] The use of many words without necessity, or with little sense; a superabundance of words; verbosity; wordiness. [ 1913 Webster ]

Verbiage may indicate observation, but not thinking. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

This barren verbiage current among men. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Verb + -fy. ] To make into a verb; to use as a verb; to verbalize. [ R. ] Earle. [ 1913 Webster ]