Verse
11verse — [vʉrs] n. [ME vers < OE fers & OFr vers, both < L versus, a turning, verse, line, row, pp. of vertere, to turn < IE * wert , to turn < base * wer > WARP, WORM, WARDS] 1. a sequence of words arranged metrically in accordance with… …
12Verse — Verse, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Versed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Versing}.] To tell in verse, or poetry. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Playing on pipes of corn and versing love. Shak. [1913 Webster] …
13verse — [ vɜrs ] noun ** 1. ) count a group of words or sentences that form one section of a poem or song: The first three verses are about her childhood. Philip sang the first verse and then everyone joined in. a ) a small group of sentences in the… …
14verse — (n.) c.1050, line or section of a psalm or canticle, later line of poetry (late 14c.), from Anglo French and O.Fr. vers, from L. versus verse, line of writing, from PIE root *wer to turn, bend (see VERSUS (Cf. versus)). The metaphor is of plowing …
15Verse — Verse, v. i. To make verses; to versify. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] It is not rhyming and versing that maketh a poet. Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster] …
16verse — can mean (1) poetical composition in general (She writes verse as well as prose), (2) a line of poetry, (3) a section of a poem also called a stanza, and (4) each of the short numbered divisions of a chapter in the Bible …
17Verse — Verse(Pl):1.⇨Gedicht(1)–2.V.machen/schmieden,inV.bringen/setzen:⇨2dichten(1,b) …
18verse — [n] written composition ballad, epic, jingle, lay, lyric, ode, poem, poesy, poetry, rhyme, rune, song, sonnet, stanza; concept 282 …
19verse — ► NOUN 1) writing arranged with a metrical rhythm. 2) a group of lines that form a unit in a poem or song. 3) each of the short numbered divisions of a chapter in the Bible or other scripture. ORIGIN Latin versus a turn of the plough, a furrow, a …
20verse — ad·verse·ly; boule·verse·ment; di·verse; di·verse·ly; di·verse·ness; mul·ti·verse; om·ni·verse; per·verse; per·verse·ly; per·verse·ness; plu·ri·verse; ren·verse; ren·verse·ment; ret·ro·verse; re·verse·ly; re·verse·ment; ter·gi·verse;… …
