Verbalise

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To put thoughts or ideas into spoken words, enabling clearer communication of emotions or concepts in verbal form
2. To articulate ideas or feelings through speech to make them understandable
3. To convey meanings or thoughts by using spoken language

Etymology: The verb "verbalise" has a split ancestry: part of it was borrowed from Middle French "verbaliser", while the English side of it is simply "verbal" with the suffix "-ise" attached. That suffix, which comes from Greek through Latin and French, turns a noun or adjective into a verb meaning "to make into" or "to treat in the manner of," so the core idea is "to turn something into words." The base "verbal" goes back to Late Latin "verbalis," formed from the Latin "verbum," meaning "word." That same Latin root gives English "verb" itself, the part of speech that expresses action, which is a nice reminder that grammar's name for doing words is built on the same stem.

Synonyms: articulate, express, communicate, speak, state

Antonyms: mute, suppress, silence, withhold, stifle