Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Wording"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Wording \Word"ing\, n.
The act or manner of expressing in words; style of
expression; phrasing.

It is believed this wording was above his known style.
--Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Word \Word\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Worded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Wording}.]
1. To express in words; to phrase.

The apology for the king is the same, but worded
with greater deference to that great prince.
--Addison.

2. To ply with words; also, to cause to be by the use of a
word or words. [Obs.] --Howell.

3. To flatter with words; to cajole. [Obs.] --Shak.

{To word it}, to bandy words; to dispute. [Obs.] ``To word it
with a shrew.'' --L'Estrange.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

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}]


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