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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

ipsissima verba en · X

Etymology

From Latin ipsissima verba (“the very words”).

Meanings

  1. The actual words (spoken or transcribed).
    • "The record in the magistrate's court does not purport to reproduce the ipsissima verba of the witness; it does not give questions and answers in the exact words in which the question was put and the answer made; it, at best, gives no more than a summary...." 1941, Engelbrecht v Nieuwoudt | CPD 54 at 55: