transverbatev.
/trɑːnzˈvəːbeɪt//tranzˈvəːbeɪt//trɑːnsˈvəːbeɪt//transˈvəːbeɪt/ rare.
transitive. To translate verbally or word for word.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > translation > translate [verb (transitive)] > word for word
transverbate1896
1896–7 H. Haigh in Bible Soc. Record (N.Y.) Jan. 2 If we could take the Hebrew and the Greek and transverbate them it would be comparatively easy.
Derivatives
transverˈbation n. verbal translation.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > translation > [noun] > word for word
constructiona1387
metaphrasis1603
metaphrase1680
literalism1833
transverbation1885
1885 Athenæum 14 Mar. 349/2 (Philological Society) Mr. B. Dawson read a paper on the Revised Version of the New Testament... He commended the accuracy of the revisers, but condemned their ‘transverbation’ of the Greek.
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