| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ver·dict |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  vûr d kt |
| NOUN: | 1. Law The finding of a jury in a trial. 2. An expressed conclusion; a judgment or opinion: the verdict of history. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English verdit, from Anglo-Norman : ver, true (from Latin v rus; see wr -o- in Appendix I) + dit, speech (from Latin dictum, from neuter past participle of d cere, to say; see deik- in Appendix I).
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