Emily Dickinson Lexicon

VERB'AL, a. [Fr.; L. verbalis.]

1. Spoken; expressed to the ear in words; not written; as, a verbal message; a verbal contract; verbal testimony.
2. Oral; uttered by the mouth. – Shak.
3. Consisting in mere words; as, a verbal reward.
4. Respecting words only; as, a verbal dispute.
5. Minutely exact in words, or attending to words only; as, a verbal critic.
6. Literal; having word answering to word; as, a verbal translation.
7. In grammar, derived from a verb; as, a verbal noun.
8. Verbose; abounding with words. – Shak.