verdictn.

Brit.

/ˈvəːdɪkt/, U.S.

/ˈvərdɪk(t)/

Forms: α. Middle English–1600s, 1800s dialect, verdit, Middle English–1600s verdite, 1500s–1600s verditt, Middle English–1500s verdyt, verdyte, Middle English verdytt, verdyth(e; Middle English veirdit, Middle English veredit, veredyte; Middle English voirdit. β. Middle English wardytte, 1500s varditt, vardytt, 1500s, 1800s dialect, vardit, 1800s dialect vardite. Also vardy n. γ. Middle English verdoit, 1500s verduytt, 1600s verduit, verduict. δ. 1500s–1600s veredict, 1500s– verdict, 1500s verdicte.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman verdit (= Old French voirdit), < ver, veir true + dit, past participle of dire to say, speak. Hence medieval Latin verdictum (veredictum), to which the modern spelling and pronunciation are due. The modern French verdict, Portuguese verdict, Spanish verdicto, are from English.

1. Law.

a. The decision of a jury in a civil or criminal cause upon an issue which has been submitted to their judgement.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > [noun] > decision of jury

verdict1297

deliverance1620

verdictive1952

α.

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 2980 He stod vp & sede þe verdit vor al oþere þat þere were.

a1325 Statutes of Realm in MS Rawl. B.520 f. 60^v Ȝif..þe Iuree segge in his veirdit þat te askare is bastard.

c1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 2952 Until þai have gyven þair verdite, And outher þar-of made hym qwyte Als þe laghe walde, or made hym gilty.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 508/2 Verdyte, veridicum.

1472 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 556 I took syche a wey wyth hym that the qwest gaue no verdyt.

1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. xxxi The verdyte of twelue men taken at large in assyse of nouell dysseysyn.

1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates George Plantagenet f. lxxxi^v I giltles was condemned: Such verdites passe where iustice is contemned.

1591 Queen Elizabeth I in Lismore Papers (1887) 2nd Ser. I. 3 To order the landes to our pattentes as shalbe found due, vpon the saide Verdyte.

1614–5 Boys Exp. Fest. Epist. & Gosp. in Wks. (1630) 750 When any suite concerning the Clergie shall be tried by your verdite.

1621 F. Quarles Hadassa Introd. sig. B3^v At last..they put their choyce Vpon the verdit of a Iuries voyce.

β., γ.1479 Presentm. Juries in Surtees Misc. (1890) 28 Thys is the wardytte of xxij men & the constabylls.1531 in I. S. Leadam Select Cases Star Chamber (1911) II. 193 To wryte any such presentment or vardytt.1531 in I. S. Leadam Select Cases Star Chamber (1911) II. 196 The same homage deed pleynly shewe..the same to be their trewe verduytt.δ. 1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance ii. xvi. f. lxxvii Whose verdycte the iudge taketh for a sure sentence.., without any examynacyon of the cyrcumstaunces, wherby they know..theyr verdicte to be trew.1559 J. Aylmer Harborowe sig. L1^v Our lawe committeth it to the veredict of .12. men.1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII v. i. 132 Not euer The Iustice and the Truth o' th' question carries The dew o' th' Verdict with it. 1657 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1907) II. 121 A house and lande, which hee had recovered by law, and by a second verdict lost the same again.1674 A. Wood Life & Times (1892) II. 281 The jury were about to pass their verdict.1726 Life Penn in Penn Wks. I. 15 The Agreement of Twelve Men is a Verdict in Law.1781 W. Cowper Truth 448 The jury meet, the coroner is short, And lunacy the verdict of the court.1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) II. 519 On the trial the Judge directed the jury to find a verdict for the plaintiff.1885 Public Opinion 9 Jan. 36/2 An advocate who wins an unjust verdict has contributed to bring about a miscarriage of justice.in combination.1892 Daily News 10 May 2 Though Mr. Bramwell had a good practice, he was never a great verdict-getter.

b. Without article.

ΚΠ

1437 Rolls of Parl. IV. 509/2 Founde gilty be verdite of xii notable men.

a1500 in Archaeol. (1904) LIX. 10 By the comyn lawe..ther lith non atteynt upon untrewe verdit gyffyn in London.

1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. ix. i. 202 Our trials and recoueries are either by verdict and demourre, confession or default.

1589 Pappe with Hatchet (1844) 25 The Iurie gaue verdit and said guiltie.

c1600 Wriothesley's Chron. Eng. (1875) I. 27 A jurie..incontinent gave verditt of them beinge guiltie of the same treason.

1712 H. Prideaux Direct. Church-wardens (ed. 4) 22 In case any should..obtain Verdict on their side.

1797 T. E. Tomlins Jacob's Law-dict. (at cited word) Another rule at Common law is, that surplusage will not vitiate after Verdict.

c. With particularizing addition; esp. as open verdict, a verdict of a coroner's jury affirming the commission of a crime (but not specifying the criminal), or the occurrence of a suspicious but unexplained death.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > [noun] > decision of jury > types of

ignoramus1583

privy verdict1628

non liquet1656

ignoring1682

open verdict1769

sealed verdict1891

majority verdict1905

1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Yyy1^v/1 This verdict is two-fold: either generall or especiall... A general verdict is that, which is giuen or brought into the Court, in like generall termes to the generall issue.

1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Yyy1^v/2 This speciall verdict, if it containe any ample declaration of the cause, from the beginning to the end, is also called a verdict at large.

1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. i. 226 b There be two kindes of verdicts; viz. one generall, and another at large or especiall.

1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. i. 226 b It is therefore called a speciall Verdict or a Verdict at large, because they finde the speciall matter at large, and leaue the iudgement of law thereupon to the Court.

1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 227 b After they be agreed they may,..if the Court be risen, giue a priuie verdict before any of the Judges.

1665 G. Duncombe Tryals per Pais xiii. 166 A Special Verdict, or Verdict at large, is so called, because it findeth the special matter at large, and leaveth the Judgement of the Law thereupon, to the Court.

1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 377 The only effectual and legal verdict is the public verdict; in which they openly declare to have found the issue for the plaintiff, or for the defendant.

1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. 354 The jury..cannot, in a criminal case, give a privy verdict. But an open verdict may be either general, guilty, or not guilty.

1835 T. E. Tomlins Jacob's Law-dict. (at cited word) Where a verdict is given by thirteen jurors, it is said to be a void verdict; because no attaint would lie.

1854 J. T. Coleridge in T. F. Ellis & C. Blackburn Reports (1855) III. 952 We shall grant a new trial if the verdict is perverse, but not if the evidence is merely conflicting.

1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. iii. 18 Inquest to-morrow, and no doubt open verdict.

1884 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 12 285 If..a jury in a criminal case give a perverse verdict, the law has provided no remedy.

1891 S. Fiske Holiday Stories (Boston ed.) vii. 171 Judge Gedney says that you can bring in a sealed verdict without waiting for him.

1977 ‘M. Innes’ Honeybath's Haven xiii. 123 His jury..will bring in what is called an open verdict.

2. transferred and figurative. A judgement given by some body or authority acting as, or likened to, a jury.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > [noun] > a judgement, ruling > of a council or assembly

verdictc1381

resultat1612

result1641

vote1641

c1381 G. Chaucer Parl. Foules 525 I iuge on euery folk men shul on calle To seyn the verdit for yow foulys alle.

1579 W. Wilkinson Confut. Familye of Loue f. 63^v The euidence..whereby..that verdict should be gathered, which shall passe agaynst vs.

1586 W. Warner Æneidos in Albions Eng. sig. Oiiii The Iuror coulde not but gyue Verdict for Elisa, and the Iudge sentence against Aeneas.

1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. ii. 416/2 They are here presently to abide the verdite of battaile.

1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 324 Though Reason here aver That moral verdit quits her of unclean.

1684 T. Burnet Theory of Earth ii. 295 Ought we not in this, as well as in other things, to..bring in an honest verdict for nature as well as art?

1860 N. Hawthorne Marble Faun II. xvi. 177 Might we not render some such verdict as this?—‘Worthy of Death but not unworthy of Love’.

1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. vi. 559 The great Earl is at least entitled to a verdict of Not Proven, if not of Not Guilty.

a. transferred. A decision or opinion pronounced or expressed upon some matter or subject; a finding, conclusion, or judgement.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > [noun] > a judgement, ruling

doomc825

judging1357

verdictc1386

determination1395

judgement?a1400

skillc1400

decision1467

date1488

arrest1509

resolution1545

pronouncement1593

resultance1610

decreea1642

placit1641

pronounce1641

placitum1649

vardy1738

deliverance1856

α.

c1386 G. Chaucer Prol. 787 (Petworth) Vs þouȝt it was not worþe to make to wis..And bad him seie his veredit [v.rr. verdit(e, voirdit, verdoit] as him lest.

c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 23 Clatering pyes, whan tha come in presence, Most malapert there verdit to purpose.

1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus i. f. 31^v When the messenger was gone, euery man began to saye his verdite.

1585 S. Daniel tr. P. Giovio Worthy Tract contayning Disc. Imprese Pref. Neither must wee depend vpon the verdite of some conceled Philosophers.

1608 Bp. J. Hall Epist. I. ii. v. 146 Ther is none of all my labors..wherof I wold so willingly heare the verdit of the wise, and iudicious.

1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1228 Cam'st thou for this, vain boaster, to survey me, To descant on my strength, and give thy verdit ?

1825 J. Jennings Observ. Dial. W. Eng. 80 Verdi, Verdit, opinion.

1873 W. P. Williams & W. A. Jones Gloss. Somersetshire 40 That's my verdit, therefore I zay't.

β. 1565 T. Stapleton tr. F. Staphylus Apologie 161 b For they pardie by the vardit of Luther, are all damned, if they thought, as they taught.?1577 Misogonus in R. W. Bond Early Plays from Ital. (1911) 246 To take thy neighboures varditt in such a case thou must not sticke.1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Vardite, verdict, opinion.1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. 265 I think we shall hev snaw; what's your vardit?1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. 265 Thoo's alus pokin' in thy vardit.γ. c1386Verdoit [see α. ]. 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 197 No one mystery, administration, worke or ordinance of his can passe her fingers, without some verduit or other of her owne.1642 D. Rogers Naaman 345 The ten spies bringing a verduict of sense to their brethren.δ. 1585 R. Greene Planetomachia i. sig. G3^v Psamnetichus..thought it a longe time to yeelde so small a verdict.1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. i. 43 I end with this verdict, the Iew and the Iesuite, is a Pultrone and a Parasite.1683 D. A. Whole Art Converse Pref. It..shall stand or fall by your Verdict.1791 E. Burke Appeal New to Old Whigs 4 His representation is authenticated by the verdict of his country.a1821 J. Keats Otho v.v, in R. M. Milnes Life, Lett. & Lit. Remains Keats (1848) II. 200 Those tears will wash away a just resolve, A verdict ten times sworn!1857 W. Collins Dead Secret I. iii. i. 132 The verdict of humanity is always against any individual member of the species who presumes to differ from the rest.1882 C. Pebody Eng. Journalism xvii. 127 No controversy is supposed to be closed till the Times has given its verdict.

b. Without article.

ΚΠ

1537 W. Tyndale Expos. Epist. John 93 Of such he geueth verdyte contynently.

1537 W. Tyndale Expos. Epist. John 100 The Apostle Jhon..gaue such verdyte.

1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Evj^v In learnyng rype, in vertue iuste, In verdite sharpe and sage.

a1599 E. Spenser Canto Mutabilitie vii. xxvii, in Faerie Queene (1609) sig. Ii^v Iudge thy selfe, by verdit of thine eye, Whether to me they are not subiect all.

†4. A vote or suffrage. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > expression of choice by some approved method > [noun] > a vote

voicea1325

votec1478

suffragea1535

election1543

verdict1580

tonguea1616

proxy1660

preferendum1970

1580 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. v. 431 Neither the Mayor,..nor any Mayors peare, shall have either at the tyme of ellection or for any other cause but the verdicte of one man.

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单词	verdict
释义	verdictn. Brit. /ˈvəːdɪkt/, U.S. /ˈvərdɪk(t)/ Forms: α. Middle English–1600s, 1800s dialect, verdit, Middle English–1600s verdite, 1500s–1600s verditt, Middle English–1500s verdyt, verdyte, Middle English verdytt, verdyth(e; Middle English veirdit, Middle English veredit, veredyte; Middle English voirdit. β. Middle English wardytte, 1500s varditt, vardytt, 1500s, 1800s dialect, vardit, 1800s dialect vardite. Also vardy n. γ. Middle English verdoit, 1500s verduytt, 1600s verduit, verduict. δ. 1500s–1600s veredict, 1500s– verdict, 1500s verdicte. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman verdit (= Old French voirdit), < ver, veir true + dit, past participle of dire to say, speak. Hence medieval Latin verdictum (veredictum), to which the modern spelling and pronunciation are due. The modern French verdict, Portuguese verdict, Spanish verdicto, are from English. 1. Law. a. The decision of a jury in a civil or criminal cause upon an issue which has been submitted to their judgement. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > [noun] > decision of jury verdict1297 deliverance1620 verdictive1952 α. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 2980 He stod vp & sede þe verdit vor al oþere þat þere were. a1325 Statutes of Realm in MS Rawl. B.520 f. 60^v Ȝif..þe Iuree segge in his veirdit þat te askare is bastard. c1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 2952 Until þai have gyven þair verdite, And outher þar-of made hym qwyte Als þe laghe walde, or made hym gilty. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 508/2 Verdyte, veridicum. 1472 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 556 I took syche a wey wyth hym that the qwest gaue no verdyt. 1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. xxxi The verdyte of twelue men taken at large in assyse of nouell dysseysyn. 1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates George Plantagenet f. lxxxi^v I giltles was condemned: Such verdites passe where iustice is contemned. 1591 Queen Elizabeth I in Lismore Papers (1887) 2nd Ser. I. 3 To order the landes to our pattentes as shalbe found due, vpon the saide Verdyte. 1614–5 Boys Exp. Fest. Epist. & Gosp. in Wks. (1630) 750 When any suite concerning the Clergie shall be tried by your verdite. 1621 F. Quarles Hadassa Introd. sig. B3^v At last..they put their choyce Vpon the verdit of a Iuries voyce. β., γ.1479 Presentm. Juries in Surtees Misc. (1890) 28 Thys is the wardytte of xxij men & the constabylls.1531 in I. S. Leadam Select Cases Star Chamber (1911) II. 193 To wryte any such presentment or vardytt.1531 in I. S. Leadam Select Cases Star Chamber (1911) II. 196 The same homage deed pleynly shewe..the same to be their trewe verduytt.δ. 1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance ii. xvi. f. lxxvii Whose verdycte the iudge taketh for a sure sentence.., without any examynacyon of the cyrcumstaunces, wherby they know..theyr verdicte to be trew.1559 J. Aylmer Harborowe sig. L1^v Our lawe committeth it to the veredict of .12. men.1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII v. i. 132 Not euer The Iustice and the Truth o' th' question carries The dew o' th' Verdict with it. View more context for this quotation1657 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1907) II. 121 A house and lande, which hee had recovered by law, and by a second verdict lost the same again.1674 A. Wood Life & Times (1892) II. 281 The jury were about to pass their verdict.1726 Life Penn in Penn Wks. I. 15 The Agreement of Twelve Men is a Verdict in Law.1781 W. Cowper Truth 448 The jury meet, the coroner is short, And lunacy the verdict of the court.1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) II. 519 On the trial the Judge directed the jury to find a verdict for the plaintiff.1885 Public Opinion 9 Jan. 36/2 An advocate who wins an unjust verdict has contributed to bring about a miscarriage of justice.in combination.1892 Daily News 10 May 2 Though Mr. Bramwell had a good practice, he was never a great verdict-getter. b. Without article. ΚΠ 1437 Rolls of Parl. IV. 509/2 Founde gilty be verdite of xii notable men. a1500 in Archaeol. (1904) LIX. 10 By the comyn lawe..ther lith non atteynt upon untrewe verdit gyffyn in London. 1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. ix. i. 202 Our trials and recoueries are either by verdict and demourre, confession or default. 1589 Pappe with Hatchet (1844) 25 The Iurie gaue verdit and said guiltie. c1600 Wriothesley's Chron. Eng. (1875) I. 27 A jurie..incontinent gave verditt of them beinge guiltie of the same treason. 1712 H. Prideaux Direct. Church-wardens (ed. 4) 22 In case any should..obtain Verdict on their side. 1797 T. E. Tomlins Jacob's Law-dict. (at cited word) Another rule at Common law is, that surplusage will not vitiate after Verdict. c. With particularizing addition; esp. as open verdict, a verdict of a coroner's jury affirming the commission of a crime (but not specifying the criminal), or the occurrence of a suspicious but unexplained death. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > [noun] > decision of jury > types of ignoramus1583 privy verdict1628 non liquet1656 ignoring1682 open verdict1769 sealed verdict1891 majority verdict1905 1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Yyy1^v/1 This verdict is two-fold: either generall or especiall... A general verdict is that, which is giuen or brought into the Court, in like generall termes to the generall issue. 1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Yyy1^v/2 This speciall verdict, if it containe any ample declaration of the cause, from the beginning to the end, is also called a verdict at large. 1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. i. 226 b There be two kindes of verdicts; viz. one generall, and another at large or especiall. 1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. i. 226 b It is therefore called a speciall Verdict or a Verdict at large, because they finde the speciall matter at large, and leaue the iudgement of law thereupon to the Court. 1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 227 b After they be agreed they may,..if the Court be risen, giue a priuie verdict before any of the Judges. 1665 G. Duncombe Tryals per Pais xiii. 166 A Special Verdict, or Verdict at large, is so called, because it findeth the special matter at large, and leaveth the Judgement of the Law thereupon, to the Court. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 377 The only effectual and legal verdict is the public verdict; in which they openly declare to have found the issue for the plaintiff, or for the defendant. 1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. 354 The jury..cannot, in a criminal case, give a privy verdict. But an open verdict may be either general, guilty, or not guilty. 1835 T. E. Tomlins Jacob's Law-dict. (at cited word) Where a verdict is given by thirteen jurors, it is said to be a void verdict; because no attaint would lie. 1854 J. T. Coleridge in T. F. Ellis & C. Blackburn Reports (1855) III. 952 We shall grant a new trial if the verdict is perverse, but not if the evidence is merely conflicting. 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. iii. 18 Inquest to-morrow, and no doubt open verdict. 1884 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 12 285 If..a jury in a criminal case give a perverse verdict, the law has provided no remedy. 1891 S. Fiske Holiday Stories (Boston ed.) vii. 171 Judge Gedney says that you can bring in a sealed verdict without waiting for him. 1977 ‘M. Innes’ Honeybath's Haven xiii. 123 His jury..will bring in what is called an open verdict. 2. transferred and figurative. A judgement given by some body or authority acting as, or likened to, a jury. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > [noun] > a judgement, ruling > of a council or assembly verdictc1381 resultat1612 result1641 vote1641 c1381 G. Chaucer Parl. Foules 525 I iuge on euery folk men shul on calle To seyn the verdit for yow foulys alle. 1579 W. Wilkinson Confut. Familye of Loue f. 63^v The euidence..whereby..that verdict should be gathered, which shall passe agaynst vs. 1586 W. Warner Æneidos in Albions Eng. sig. Oiiii The Iuror coulde not but gyue Verdict for Elisa, and the Iudge sentence against Aeneas. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. ii. 416/2 They are here presently to abide the verdite of battaile. 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 324 Though Reason here aver That moral verdit quits her of unclean. View more context for this quotation 1684 T. Burnet Theory of Earth ii. 295 Ought we not in this, as well as in other things, to..bring in an honest verdict for nature as well as art? 1860 N. Hawthorne Marble Faun II. xvi. 177 Might we not render some such verdict as this?—‘Worthy of Death but not unworthy of Love’. 1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. vi. 559 The great Earl is at least entitled to a verdict of Not Proven, if not of Not Guilty. 3. a. transferred. A decision or opinion pronounced or expressed upon some matter or subject; a finding, conclusion, or judgement. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > [noun] > a judgement, ruling doomc825 judging1357 verdictc1386 determination1395 judgement?a1400 skillc1400 decision1467 date1488 arrest1509 resolution1545 pronouncement1593 resultance1610 decreea1642 placit1641 pronounce1641 placitum1649 vardy1738 deliverance1856 α. c1386 G. Chaucer Prol. 787 (Petworth) Vs þouȝt it was not worþe to make to wis..And bad him seie his veredit [v.rr. verdit(e, voirdit, verdoit] as him lest. c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 23 Clatering pyes, whan tha come in presence, Most malapert there verdit to purpose. 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus i. f. 31^v When the messenger was gone, euery man began to saye his verdite. 1585 S. Daniel tr. P. Giovio Worthy Tract contayning Disc. Imprese Pref. Neither must wee depend vpon the verdite of some conceled Philosophers. 1608 Bp. J. Hall Epist. I. ii. v. 146 Ther is none of all my labors..wherof I wold so willingly heare the verdit of the wise, and iudicious. 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1228 Cam'st thou for this, vain boaster, to survey me, To descant on my strength, and give thy verdit ? View more context for this quotation 1825 J. Jennings Observ. Dial. W. Eng. 80 Verdi, Verdit, opinion. 1873 W. P. Williams & W. A. Jones Gloss. Somersetshire 40 That's my verdit, therefore I zay't. β. 1565 T. Stapleton tr. F. Staphylus Apologie 161 b For they pardie by the vardit of Luther, are all damned, if they thought, as they taught.?1577 Misogonus in R. W. Bond Early Plays from Ital. (1911) 246 To take thy neighboures varditt in such a case thou must not sticke.1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Vardite, verdict, opinion.1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. 265 I think we shall hev snaw; what's your vardit?1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. 265 Thoo's alus pokin' in thy vardit.γ. c1386Verdoit [see α. ]. 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 197 No one mystery, administration, worke or ordinance of his can passe her fingers, without some verduit or other of her owne.1642 D. Rogers Naaman 345 The ten spies bringing a verduict of sense to their brethren.δ. 1585 R. Greene Planetomachia i. sig. G3^v Psamnetichus..thought it a longe time to yeelde so small a verdict.1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. i. 43 I end with this verdict, the Iew and the Iesuite, is a Pultrone and a Parasite.1683 D. A. Whole Art Converse Pref. It..shall stand or fall by your Verdict.1791 E. Burke Appeal New to Old Whigs 4 His representation is authenticated by the verdict of his country.a1821 J. Keats Otho v.v, in R. M. Milnes Life, Lett. & Lit. Remains Keats (1848) II. 200 Those tears will wash away a just resolve, A verdict ten times sworn!1857 W. Collins Dead Secret I. iii. i. 132 The verdict of humanity is always against any individual member of the species who presumes to differ from the rest.1882 C. Pebody Eng. Journalism xvii. 127 No controversy is supposed to be closed till the Times has given its verdict. b. Without article. ΚΠ 1537 W. Tyndale Expos. Epist. John 93 Of such he geueth verdyte contynently. 1537 W. Tyndale Expos. Epist. John 100 The Apostle Jhon..gaue such verdyte. 1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Evj^v In learnyng rype, in vertue iuste, In verdite sharpe and sage. a1599 E. Spenser Canto Mutabilitie vii. xxvii, in Faerie Queene (1609) sig. Ii^v Iudge thy selfe, by verdit of thine eye, Whether to me they are not subiect all. †4. A vote or suffrage. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > expression of choice by some approved method > [noun] > a vote voicea1325 votec1478 suffragea1535 election1543 verdict1580 tonguea1616 proxy1660 preferendum1970 1580 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. v. 431 Neither the Mayor,..nor any Mayors peare, shall have either at the tyme of ellection or for any other cause but the verdicte of one man. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2022). verdictv. Brit. /ˈvəːdɪkt/, U.S. /ˈvərdɪk(t)/ Etymology: < verdict n. rare. 1. transitive. To pass judgement upon, to give decision or pronounce an opinion concerning (some person or thing). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > judge, determine [verb (transitive)] > pass judgement on deemc950 i-demeeOE verdict1594 sentence1600 judge and jury1874 1594 Queen Elizabeth I in P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. (1864) IV. 349 We princes are set upon highest stage, where looks of all beholders verdict our works. 1635 E. Rainbow Labour 16 Must a Iury of Trades be busied to verdict him readie? 2. intransitive. To pronounce a verdict or sentence against something. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > form judgement, decide [verb (intransitive)] > pronounce verdict pronouncec1390 sentencec1400 opine1589 verdict1898 1898 Literature 12 Nov. 439 Lawful men of the neighbourhood..verdict entirely against their own temporal interest. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1297v.1594
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