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Word \Word\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Worded; p. pr. & vb. n. Wording.] [1913 Webster]
To express in words; to phrase. [1913 Webster] The apology for the king is the same, but worded with greater deference to that great prince. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
To ply with words; also, to cause to be by the use of a word or words. [Obs.] --Howell. [1913 Webster]
To flatter with words; to cajole. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] To word it, to bandy words; to dispute. [Obs.] "To word it with a shrew." --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]
Wording \Word"ing\, n. The act or manner of expressing in words; style of expression; phrasing. [1913 Webster] It is believed this wording was above his known style. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

Word Net

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]

Moby Thesaurus

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

English

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Noun

  1. A choice of words and the style in which they are used in a given context.

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