word it

English

Verb

word it (third-person singular simple present words it, present participle wording it, simple past and past participle worded it)

1. (obsolete, idiomatic) To bandy words; to dispute; to speak excessively or angrily.
   • 1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC:

     to word it with her [a shrew]