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   Verse

   /vərs/

   

   noun

   • 1. writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme: "a lament in verse" Similar poetryversificationmetrical compositionrhythmical compositionrhymerhymingballadrydoggerelpoemslyricsrhymesliterary:poesyParnassuspoempiece of poetrylyricsonnetodelimerickrhymecompositionmetrical compositionpiece of doggereldittysongjinglelayballadrare:tensonverseletOpposite prose
   • ▪ a group of lines that form a unit in a poem or song; a stanza: "the second verse" Similar stanzastrophestavecantocoupletdistichtriplettercettetrastichpartsectionportion
   • ▪ each of the short numbered divisions of a chapter in the Bible or other scripture: "we were each required to recite a Bible verse from memory"
   • ▪ a versicle.
   • ▪ a line of poetry.
   • ▪ a passage in an anthem for a soloist or a small group of voices.

   verb

   • 1. speak in or compose verse; versify: archaic "he began to verse extemporaneously in her ear"

   Word Origin Old Englishfers, from Latin versus ‘a turn of the plow, a furrow, a line of writing’, from vertere ‘to turn’; reinforced in Middle English by Old French vers, from Latin versus.

   Derivatives

   • 1. verselet noun

   Scrabble Points: 8

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   The meaning of VERSE is a line of metrical writing. How to use verse in a sentence.

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   noun. (not in technical use) a stanza. a succession of metrical feet written, printed, or orally composed as one line; one of the lines of a poem. a particular type of metrical line: a hexameter verse. a poem, or piece of poetry. metrical composition; poetry, especially as involving metrical form.

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   a group of lines that form one section of a song or poem. see more. a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical) noun. a line of metrical text. synonyms: verse line. see more. a verse line with a dactyl followed by a spondee or trochee; supposedly used in laments by Adonis.

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   1. one of the lines of a poem. 2. a particular type of metrical line or composition: hexameter verse; elegaic verse. 3. a poem or a piece of poetry. 4. metrical composition; poetry, esp. as involving metrical form. 5. a stanza. 6. one of the short conventional divisions of a chapter of the Bible.

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   Definition of verse noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.