Definitions for verse
vɜrsverse

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. poetry, poesy, verse(noun)

   literature in metrical form

2. verse, rhyme(noun)

   a piece of poetry

3. verse, verse line(verb)

   a line of metrical text

4. verse, versify, poetize, poetise(verb)

   compose verses or put into verse

   "He versified the ancient saga"

5. verse(verb)

   familiarize through thorough study or experience

   "She versed herself in Roman archeology"

Wiktionary(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. verse(Verb)

   To educate about, to teach about.

   He versed us in the finer points of category theory.

2. verse(Verb)

   To compose verses.

   It is not rhyming and versing that maketh a poet. uE000120362uE001 Sir P. Sidney.

3. verse(Verb)

   To oppose, to be an opponent for, as in a game, contest or battle.

4. verse(Noun)

   The (fictional) universe in which Firefly is set.

Origin: Shortening of universe

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Verse(noun)

   a line consisting of a certain number of metrical feet (see Foot, n., 9) disposed according to metrical rules

2. Verse(noun)

   metrical arrangement and language; that which is composed in metrical form; versification; poetry

3. Verse(noun)

   a short division of any composition

4. Verse(noun)

   a stanza; a stave; as, a hymn of four verses

5. Verse(noun)

   one of the short divisions of the chapters in the Old and New Testaments

6. Verse(noun)

   a portion of an anthem to be performed by a single voice to each part

7. Verse(noun)

   a piece of poetry

8. Verse(verb)

   to tell in verse, or poetry

9. Verse(verb)

   to make verses; to versify

Origin: [OE. vers, AS. fers, L. versus a line in writing, and, in poetry, a verse, from vertere, versum, to turn, to turn round; akin to E. worth to become: cf. F. vers. See Worth to become, and cf. Advertise, Averse, Controversy, Convert, Divers, Invert, Obverse, Prose, Suzerain, Vortex.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Verse

   vers, n. a line of poetry: metrical arrangement and language: poetry: a stanza: a short division of any composition, esp. of the chapters of the Bible, originally confined to the metrical books, applied first to whole Bible in 1528: (mus.) a portion of an anthem to be performed by a single voice to each part.—v.t. to relate in verse.—ns. Vers-de-société (same as Society-verse; see under Sociable); Verse′let; Verse-mā′ker; Verse-mā′king; Verse′-man, a writer of verses; Verse′-mong′er, a scribbler of verses; Verse′-mong′ering, verse-writing, esp. of poor verses; Ver′ser, a versifier; Ver′set (mus.), a very short organ interlude or prelude; Ver′sicle, a little verse: in liturgy, the verse said by the officiant.—adj. Versic′ūlar, pertaining to verses.—ns. Versificā′tion, the act, art, or practice of composing metrical verses; Ver′sificātor, Ver′sificātrix, a male, female, maker of verses; Ver′sifīer.—v.i. Ver′sify, to make verses.—v.t. to relate in verse: to turn into verse:—pa.t. and pa.p. ver′sifīed.—n. Ver′sion, the act of translating or turning from one language into another: that which is translated from one language into another: account: statement: a school exercise, generally of composition in a foreign language.—adj. Ver′sional, pertaining to a version or translation.—n. Ver′sionist, a translator.—adj. Ver′sūal, of the character of a verse, pertaining to verses or short paragraphs. [A.S. fers—L. versus, vorsus, a line, furrow, turning—vertĕre, to turn; influenced by O. Fr. vers.]

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British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'verse' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2718

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'verse' in Nouns Frequency: #1881

Anagrams for verse »

1. Serve

2. Sever

3. Veers

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of verse in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of verse in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of verse in a Sentence

1. Maria Dakake:

   It's obviously a difficult verse.

2. Carly Simon:

   I have confirmed the second verse is Warren.

3. Jules Renard:

   A beautiful line of verse has twelve feet, and two wings.

4. Robert Heinlein, Time Enough for Love, 1978:

   A poet who reads his verse in public may have other nasty habits.

5. Robert A. Heinlein:

   A poet that reads his verse in public may have other nasty habits.

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