verbatim, adv., a., and n.
(vɜːˈbeɪtɪm)
[a. med.L. verbātim, f. L. verb-um word: cf. literatim.]
A. adv.
1. Word for word; in the exact words: a. With reference to a copy of a document or passage in a book, or to the report of a speech, etc.
| 1481 Cov. Leet Bk. 477 Stodealf..brought like writyng as is before wreton verbatim direct to þe Maire. ? 1503 in 9th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. 263/2 The said patent..which is now verbatim copied in this boke in the xlviii. lef. 1557 Order of Hospitalls F vij, And..make for him a treue and iust..Coppie thereof verbatim. 1579 W. Wilkinson Confut. Fam. Love 9 b, Although the place..be verbatim and word for word as I alledged it, yet will he not be satisfied. 1602 Willis Stenographie A ij b, He that is well practized in this Art, may write Verbatim, as fast as a man can treateably speake. 1653 W. Ramesey Astrol. Res. 155 A Volume five times as large as is this, is not able to contain them all verbatim. 1709 Steele Tatler No. 11 ¶4, I shall give you my Cousin's Letter Verbatim, without altering a Syllable. 1771 Encycl. Brit. I. 620/2 Merchants are provided with a large book, in folio, into which is copied verbatim every letter of business before it be sent off. 1826 F. Reynolds Life & Times II. 184 It was, according to the previous directions of the great critic and editor, inserted verbatim. 1893 W. Forbes-Mitchell Great Mutiny 274 The following is the English version, verbatim,..word for word, and point for point, italics and all. |
b. With reference to a translation.
| 1583 Fulke Def. Tr. Script. i. 69 The Scriptures translated verbatim, exactly, and according to the proper vse and signification of the wordes. 1612 Brinsley Lud. Lit. xxi. (1627) 251 The Hebrew, in most places translated verbatim, doth keepe a perfect sense. 1668 Dryden Even. Love Pref., Witness the speeches in the first act, translated verbatim out of Ovid. 1687 A. Lovell tr. Thevenot's Trav. i. C ij, The Translator could do no less than Verbatim to English the aforesaid letter from the Original. 1786 tr. Beckford's Vathek (1883) 28 The venerable personage read the characters with facility, and explained them verbatim as follows. 1815 W. H. Ireland Scribbleomania 124 note, A translation verbatim from the french. |
c. In the phrase verbatim et literatim.
| 1742 Fielding J. Andrews iv. v, We have..procured an authentick Copy; and here it follows verbatim et literatim. 1787 Hawkins Johnson 94 note, Mr. Newsham printed and dispersed some thousand copies verbatim et literatim of this letter. 1828 Congress. Debates IV. 276 (Stf.), It was, verbatim et literatim, a copy of the log-book of the brig. 1900 Jrnl. Sch. Geog. (U.S.) Jan. 7 The following story is copied..from his note-book verbatim et literatim. |
† 2. In so many words; exactly, precisely. Obs.
| 1501 Plumpton Corr. (Camden) 151 That your sayd counsell may have all the estayts..wrytten verbatim in paper. 1564 Brief Exam. ****ij, Did he not appoynt temperall rites.., which he had not Verbatim expressely at his masters hands? a 1638 Mede Wks. (1672) 666 That which the Spirit speaks in the Written Word, that it speaks ῥητως, verbatim, expresly. |
† b. In exact accordance with the words. Obs.
| 1575 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxford (1880) 368 Ye said Citie could not..performe ye same verbatim. |
† 3. ? By word of mouth; verbally. Obs.—1
| 1591 Shakes. 1 Hen. VI, iii. i. 13 Thinke not..That therefore I haue forg'd, or am not able Verbatim to rehearse the Methode of my Penne. |
B. adj.
1. Corresponding with, or following, an original word for word.
| 1737 Gentl. Mag. VII. 14/1 Which grammatically represented in a verbatim Translation of the Verse into English, will run thus. 1834 Tait's Mag. I. 732/1 A mere simple verbatim repetition..of the romances and scandalous anecdotes. 1878 Huxley Physiogr. Pref. p. viii, Verbatim reports were taken on the former occasion. 1880 Print. Trades Jrnl. xxxi. 6 A machine for verbatim reporting, which will print phonetically. |
2. transf. a. Able to take down a speech word for word (in shorthand).
| 1882 Daily News 24 May 8/5 Thoroughly experienced and efficient verbatim reporter. 1897 Westm. Gaz. 9 April 7/2 The Major spoke so rapidly that the fastest ‘verbatim’ hands seemed to be embarrassed. |
b. Of a speaker: Usually reported, or worth reporting, word for word.
| 1892 Pall Mall G. 7 April 1/3 The verbatim men, the column men,..and the paragraph men. Ibid. 14 May 1/2 So much has Lord Rosebery slipped out from the front rank of ‘verbatim’ politicians. |
C. n. A full or word-for-word report of a speech.
| 1898 Daily News 14 April 10/4 Crisp writer wanted, who can also do a verbatim. 1899 Ibid. 6 March 8/5 Verbatims of Mr. Morley were at a discount even before he quitted the Irish Office. |
Hence † verˈbatimly adv. Obs.—1 = prec. A. 1.
| 1597 E. Tilney in Feuillerat Revels Q. Eliz. (1908) 417 A Composition layd uppon me..rated verbatimly by certain orders sett doun by my Lord Treasorer. |