Definitions for versevɜrs

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

versevɜrs(n.; v.)versed, vers•ing.

(n.)one of the lines of a poem.
Category: Prosody
a particular type of metrical line or composition:
hexameter verse; elegaic verse.
Category: Prosody
a poem or a piece of poetry.
Category: Prosody
metrical composition; poetry, esp. as involving metrical form.
Category: Prosody
a stanza.
Category: Prosody
one of the short conventional divisions of a chapter of the Bible.
Category: Bible
the part of a song following the introduction and preceding the chorus.
Category: Music and Dance
(v.t.)to express in verse.
Category: Common Vocabulary
(v.i.)to versify.
Category: Common Vocabulary

Origin of verse:

bef. 900; ME vers(e), fers, OE fers < L versus a row, line (of poetry), lit., a turning =vert(ere) to turn +-tus suffix of v. action; akin to -ward , worth2

Princeton's WordNet

poetry, poesy, verse(noun)
literature in metrical form
verse, rhyme(noun)
a piece of poetry
verse, verse line(verb)
a line of metrical text
verse, versify, poetize, poetise(verb)
compose verses or put into verse
"He versified the ancient saga"
verse(verb)
familiarize through thorough study or experience
"She versed herself in Roman archeology"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

verse(noun)ɜrs
one of the sections of a song or poem
I learned all the verses by heart.; Look at the first line in the third verse.
verseɜrs
poetry
He writes in verse.

Wiktionary

verse(Verb)
To educate about, to teach about.
He versed us in the finer points of category theory.
verse(Verb)
To compose verses.
It is not rhyming and versing that maketh a poet. uE000120362uE001 Sir P. Sidney.
verse(Verb)
To oppose, to be an opponent for, as in a game, contest or battle.
verse(Noun)
The (fictional) universe in which Firefly is set.

Origin: Shortening of universe

Webster Dictionary

Verse(noun)
a line consisting of a certain number of metrical feet (see Foot, n., 9) disposed according to metrical rules
Verse(noun)
metrical arrangement and language; that which is composed in metrical form; versification; poetry
Verse(noun)
a short division of any composition
Verse(noun)
a stanza; a stave; as, a hymn of four verses
Verse(noun)
one of the short divisions of the chapters in the Old and New Testaments
Verse(noun)
a portion of an anthem to be performed by a single voice to each part
Verse(noun)
a piece of poetry
Verse(verb)
to tell in verse, or poetry
Verse(verb)
to make verses; to versify