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verbatim definition

ver·ba·tim (vər bāt′əm)

adverb

word for word; in exactly the same words

Etymology: LME < ML < L verbum, word

adjective

following the original word for word a verbatim account

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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