Verbal (4)
I believe the answer is:
oral
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">verbal</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for oral that I've seen before include "Spoken, of the mouth" , "Using speech rather than writing" , "Exam using speech" , "Spoken - examination" , "from the trap" .)