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By word of mouth; orally.
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n.
A vocal, or sometimes a whispered, sound modified by resonance in the oral passage, the peculiar resonance in each case giving to each several vowel its distinctive character or quality as a sound of speech; -- distinguished from a consonant in that the latter, whether made with or without vocality, derives its character in every case from some kind of obstructive action by the mouth organs. Also, a letter or character which represents such a sound. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 5, 146-149.
n. pl.
A class of marine cephalate Mollusca having a tubular shell open at both ends, a pointed or spadelike foot for burrowing, and many long, slender, prehensile oral tentacles. It includes Dentalium, or the tooth shells, and other similar shells. Called also Prosopocephala, and Solenoconcha.
adv.
In a vocal manner; with voice; orally; with audible sound.
a.
Uttered or modulated by the voice; oral; as, vocal melody; vocal prayer.
n.
A decision or rule of a judge or a court, especially an oral decision, as in excluding evidence.
a.
Uttered by the mouth, or in words; spoken, not written; verbal; as, oral traditions; oral testimony; oral law.
adv.
By, with, or in, the mouth; as, to receive the sacrament orally.
a.
Not written; not reduced to writing; oral; as, unwritten agreements.
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Expressed in words, whether spoken or written, but commonly in spoken words; hence, spoken; oral; not written; as, a verbal contract; verbal testimony.
adv.
In a verbal manner; orally.
n.
The unwritten or oral delivery of information, opinions, doctrines, practices, rites, and customs, from father to son, or from ancestors to posterity; the transmission of any knowledge, opinions, or practice, from forefathers to descendants by oral communication, without written memorials.
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Of or pertaining to the mouth; surrounding or lining the mouth; as, oral cilia or cirri.
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Uttered in speech; delivered by word of mouth; oral; as, a spoken narrative; the spoken word.
n.
Any one of numerous species of ciliated Infusoria belonging to Vorticella and many other genera of the family Vorticellidae. They have a more or less bell-shaped body with a circle of vibrating cilia around the oral disk. Most of the species have slender, contractile stems, either simple or branched.
n.
Hence, that which is transmitted orally from father to son, or from ancestors to posterity; knowledge or belief transmitted without the aid of written memorials; custom or practice long observed.
n.
A written version of what was said orally; as, a transcript of a trial.
adv.
In an oral manner.
a.
Transmitted or transmissible from father to son, or from age, by oral communication; traditional.
n.
The act of stating, reciting, or presenting, orally or in paper; as, to interrupt a speaker in the statement of his case.
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