verdit

See also: verdît

English

Noun

verdit (plural verdits)

1. Obsolete form of verdict.

References

• “verdit”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• divert

French

Verb

verdit

1. inflection of verdir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. third-person singular past historic

Middle English

Alternative forms

• verdite, verdyt, veirdit, voirdit, veyrdit, verdict, verdyth

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French verdit, veirdit, from Vulgar Latin veredictum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛrdit/, /ˈvɛrdikt/, /ˈvɛi̯rdit/

Noun

verdit (plural verdites)

1. A verdict; a judgement or ruling (especially legal).
   • 1382, Chaucer, “v. 525”, in Parlement of Foules‎^{[The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer]}:

     I juge, of every folk men shal oon calle / To seyn the verdit for you foules alle.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (rare) A position or stance on an issue undergoing arbitration.

Descendants

• English: verdict (← verdict)
• Scots: verdict

References

• “verdit, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-3.

Old French

Alternative forms

• verdict, veirdit, voirdit

Noun

verdit oblique singular, m (oblique plural verdiz or verditz, nominative singular verdiz or verditz, nominative plural verdit)

1. (law) verdict

Descendants

• → English: verdict