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==Etymology==
− It is an alteration of Middle English verdit,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) [[bor|xno|verdit|t=sworn testimony, judgment]] (Old French voirdit), literally a true saying,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) from ver, veir, true (from Latin vērum) and dit, said (from Latin dictum, from dīcere, to say; see [[diction]]).^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998) The spelling with -ct, current from the 16th century, was influenced by Medieval Latin vērdictum, vērēdictum.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024)
+ It is an alteration of [[enm|verdit]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) [[bor|xno|verdit|t=sworn testimony, judgment]] ([[fro|voirdit]]), literally a true saying,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) from ver, veir, true (from [[la|vērum]]) and [[m|la|dit]], said (from [[la|dictum]], from [[m|la|dīcere]], to say; see [[diction]]).^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998) The spelling with -ct, current from the 16th century, was influenced by [[la-med|vērdictum]], vērēdictum.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024)
==Earliest recorded meaning==