verse
1
(vūrs)
KEY
NOUN:
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- A single metrical line in a poetic composition; one line of poetry.
- A division of a metrical composition, such as a stanza of a poem or hymn.
- A poem.
- Metrical or rhymed composition as distinct from prose; poetry.
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- The art or work of a poet.
- A group of poems:
read a book of satirical verse.
- Metrical writing that lacks depth or artistic merit.
- A particular type of metrical composition, such as blank verse or free verse.
- One of the numbered subdivisions of a chapter in the Bible.
tr. & intr.v.
versed
,
vers·ing
,
vers·es
- To versify or engage in versifying.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English
vers, from Old English
fers, and from Old French
vers both from Latin
versus, from past participle of
vertere,
to turn; see
wer-
2 in Indo-European roots
