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English Dictionary: verse by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
verse
n
  1. literature in metrical form [syn: poetry, poesy, verse]
  2. a piece of poetry
    Synonym(s): verse, rhyme
  3. a line of metrical text
    Synonym(s): verse, verse line
v
  1. compose verses or put into verse; "He versified the ancient saga"
    Synonym(s): verse, versify, poetize, poetise
  2. familiarize through thorough study or experience; "She versed herself in Roman archeology"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Verse \Verse\, n. [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}.]
      1. A line consisting of a certain number of metrical feet
            (see {Foot}, n., 9) disposed according to metrical rules.
  
      Note: Verses are of various kinds, as hexameter, pentameter,
               tetrameter, etc., according to the number of feet in
               each. A verse of twelve syllables is called an
               Alexandrine. Two or more verses form a stanza or
               strophe.
  
      2. Metrical arrangement and language; that which is composed
            in metrical form; versification; poetry.
  
                     Such prompt eloquence Flowed from their lips in
                     prose or numerous verse.                     --Milton.
  
                     Virtue was taught in verse.               --Prior.
  
                     Verse embalms virtue.                        --Donne.
  
      3. A short division of any composition. Specifically:
            (a) A stanza; a stave; as, a hymn of four verses.
  
      Note: Although this use of verse is common, it is
               objectionable, because not always distinguishable from
               the stricter use in the sense of a line.
            (b) (Script.) One of the short divisions of the chapters
                  in the Old and New Testaments.
  
      Note: The author of the division of the Old Testament into
               verses is not ascertained. The New Testament was
               divided into verses by Robert Stephens [or Estienne], a
               French printer. This arrangement appeared for the first
               time in an edition printed at Geneva, in 1551.
            (c) (Mus.) A portion of an anthem to be performed by a
                  single voice to each part.
  
      4. A piece of poetry. [bd]This verse be thine.[b8] --Pope.
  
      {Blank verse}, poetry in which the lines do not end in
            rhymes.
  
      {Heroic verse}. See under {Heroic}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Verse \Verse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Versed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Versing}.]
      To tell in verse, or poetry. [Obs.]
  
               Playing on pipes of corn and versing love. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Verse \Verse\, v. i.
      To make verses; to versify. [Obs.]
  
               It is not rhyming and versing that maketh a poet. --Sir
                                                                              P. Sidney.
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