verbalise

Updated: January 12, 2026

But far more regal than any descendant of Charlemagne, more haughty than any Mogul of the East, and almost mysterious and voiceless in his authority as the Great Spirit of the Five Nations, the Commodore deigns not to verbalise his commands; they are imparted by signal.

Herman Melville - White Jacket: or, the World on a Man-of-War