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Answer for the clue "Oral, as a will ", 11 letters:
nuncupative
Word definitions for nuncupative in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 oral; not written. 2 (context obsolete English) publicly or solemnly declaratory. 3 (context obsolete English) nominal; existing only in name.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Nuncupative \Nun*cu"pa*tive\, a. [L. nuncupativus nominal: cf. F. nuncupatif.] Publicly or solemnly declaratory. [Obs.] Nominal; existing only in name. [Obs.] Oral; not written. Nuncupative will or Nuncupative testament , a will or testament made by word ...
Usage examples of nuncupative.
All was well in the kingdom, the nuncupative oozings of the Worm notwithstanding.
He left me a small legacy in a nuncupative will, as a token of his kindness for me, and he left me once more to the wide world.