MEANING
Energy and spirit expressed with confidence or flair.
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- perform with verve
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She performed with verve.
The essay had unexpected verve.
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Primary category: literary. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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