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ver·juice

 (vûr′jo͞os′)
n.
1. The acidic juice of unripe grapes or other sour fruit, such as crabapples.
2. Sourness, as of disposition.

[Middle English verjus, from Old French vertjus : verd, unripe; see verdant + jus, juice; see juice.]
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verjuice

(ˈvɜːˌdʒuːs)
n
1. (Cookery)
a. the acid juice of unripe grapes, apples, or crab apples, formerly much used in making sauces, etc
b. (as modifier): verjuice sauce.
2. rare
a. sourness or sharpness of temper, looks, etc
b. (as modifier): a verjuice old wife.
vb
(tr) rare to make sour; embitter
[C14: from Old French vert jus green (unripe) juice, from Old French vert green (from Latin viridis) + jus juice (from Latin jūs)]
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ver•juice

(ˈvɜrˌdʒus)

n.
1. an acid liquor made from crab apples, unripe grapes, etc.
2. sourness, as of temper or expression.
[1275–1325; Middle English verjuis < Middle French vertjus=vert green (< Latin viridis) + jus juice]
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verjuice


Past participle: verjuiced
Gerund: verjuicing

Imperative
verjuice
verjuice
Present
I verjuice
you verjuice
he/she/it verjuices
we verjuice
you verjuice
they verjuice
Preterite
I verjuiced
you verjuiced
he/she/it verjuiced
we verjuiced
you verjuiced
they verjuiced
Present Continuous
I am verjuicing
you are verjuicing
he/she/it is verjuicing
we are verjuicing
you are verjuicing
they are verjuicing
Present Perfect
I have verjuiced
you have verjuiced
he/she/it has verjuiced
we have verjuiced
you have verjuiced
they have verjuiced
Past Continuous
I was verjuicing
you were verjuicing
he/she/it was verjuicing
we were verjuicing
you were verjuicing
they were verjuicing
Past Perfect
I had verjuiced
you had verjuiced
he/she/it had verjuiced
we had verjuiced
you had verjuiced
they had verjuiced
Future
I will verjuice
you will verjuice
he/she/it will verjuice
we will verjuice
you will verjuice
they will verjuice
Future Perfect
I will have verjuiced
you will have verjuiced
he/she/it will have verjuiced
we will have verjuiced
you will have verjuiced
they will have verjuiced
Future Continuous
I will be verjuicing
you will be verjuicing
he/she/it will be verjuicing
we will be verjuicing
you will be verjuicing
they will be verjuicing
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been verjuicing
you have been verjuicing
he/she/it has been verjuicing
we have been verjuicing
you have been verjuicing
they have been verjuicing
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been verjuicing
you will have been verjuicing
he/she/it will have been verjuicing
we will have been verjuicing
you will have been verjuicing
they will have been verjuicing
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been verjuicing
you had been verjuicing
he/she/it had been verjuicing
we had been verjuicing
you had been verjuicing
they had been verjuicing
Conditional
I would verjuice
you would verjuice
he/she/it would verjuice
we would verjuice
you would verjuice
they would verjuice
Past Conditional
I would have verjuiced
you would have verjuiced
he/she/it would have verjuiced
we would have verjuiced
you would have verjuiced
they would have verjuiced
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
Translations
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Couldst see by his cheek and eye that he is as bitter as verjuice. I warm to a man who hath some gall in his liver."
"Wine, properly speaking, had been hitherto unknown; a thin, sour beverage like verjuice had been their only drink, but now wineshops were established to supply a natural demand.
The other women took to their Bibles and hymn-books, and looked as sour as verjuice over their reading--a result, which I have observed, in my sphere of life, to follow generally on the performance of acts of piety at unaccustomed periods of the day.
Not to be outdone, Slawpase offers a goose leg, a tart, pork, roast chickens, a partridge, and, finally, grilled calf-liver served with verjuice. For good measure, the shepherds wash these dishes down with 'good ayll of Hely', and then, after singing a drinking song, they gather up the feast's leftovers to give to 'Ye hungre begers freyrs' (352, 412).
|Grey Goose True Story, created by Erik Lorincz, head bartender at American Bar, The Savoy Hotel Ingredients: 45ml Grey Goose Vodka, 10ml Ancho Reyes Verde Liqueur, 10ml champagne syrup, 30ml verjuice, fresh coriander.
I am, however, in possession of verjuice, an ingredient sold in speciality stores that is made from semi-ripe grapes.
Made using milled brown seeds and traditionally the addition of verjuice -- the acidic juice of unripe grapes -- rather than vinegar.
The highest amounts of nitrate concentration in beverage products were found in packed fruit juices, soft drink, traditional verjuice, and traditional vinegar in a descending order.
All 21 aspiring chefs were set and opened the mystery box which contained un-tenderized octopus, verjuice, pear, chocolate, bay leaf, caper berries, parsley and umeboshi (Japanese plums).
Play on flavour is the key word in Persian cooking such as pomegranates and walnut stew, plums and chicken with saffron with a dash of verjuice or lemon, hearty herb soups with pulses and whey with again a dash of something sour and a topping of caramelised onions.
A shrub is a drink made of fruit juice, sweetened with sugar and soured with the addition of vinegar or verjuice. The name originated as the 'sherbet' or 'Sharbat' of the Middle East, and we still use the word occasionally to mean any drink (we had a few sherbets before going to the cinema) and is also the origin of the French word sorbet, which we have adopted into our vernacular.
The Sunday Mirror joined the covert operation - codenamed Verjuice - as officers smashed one of the smuggling rings which are costing Britain's economy a staggering pounds 4billion in lost revenue a year.

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