English Explanatory Dictionary

transverbate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To translate word by word, making only syntactic adjustments, but not adapting to the idiom of the target language.

Word forms

transverbate transverbates transverbating transverbated

Etymology

From trans- + Latin verbum (“word”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Synonyms

transverbalize
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