▪ 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 OriginOld 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.