Word \Word\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Worded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Wording.]
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1. To express in words; to phrase.
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The apology for the king is the same, but worded
with greater deference to that great prince.
--Addison.
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2. To ply with words; also, to cause to be by the use of a
word or words. [Obs.] --Howell.
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3. To flatter with words; to cajole. [Obs.] --Shak.
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To word it, to bandy words; to dispute. [Obs.] "To word it
with a shrew." --L'Estrange.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Wording \Word"ing\, n.
The act or manner of expressing in words; style of
expression; phrasing.
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It is believed this wording was above his known style.
--Milton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
wording
n : the manner in which something is expressed in words; "use
concise military verbiage"- G.S.Patton [syn: diction, phrasing,
phraseology, choice of words, verbiage]
WordNet (r) 2.0
25 Moby Thesaurus words for "wording":
choice of words, composition, dialect, diction, expression,
formulation, grammar, idiom, language, locution, mode, parlance,
phrase, phraseology, phrasing, rhetoric, speech, style, talk,
usage, use of words, usus loquendi, verbalism, verbiage, wordage
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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