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   verse form
         n 1: a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical
               lines [syn: {poem}, {verse form}]

English Dictionary: Verkaufstechnisch by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
versification
n
  1. a metrical adaptation of something (e.g., of a prose text)
  2. the form or metrical composition of a poem
  3. the art or practice of writing verse
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
versifier
n
  1. a writer who composes rhymes; a maker of poor verses (usually used as terms of contempt for minor or inferior poets)
    Synonym(s): rhymer, rhymester, versifier, poetizer, poetiser
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
versify
v
  1. compose verses or put into verse; "He versified the ancient saga"
    Synonym(s): verse, versify, poetize, poetise
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
very high frequency
n
  1. 30 to 300 megahertz
    Synonym(s): very high frequency, VHF
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
very softly
adv
  1. a direction in music; to be played very softly [syn: pianissimo, very softly]
    Antonym(s): fortissimo, very loudly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Viracept
n
  1. a protease inhibitor (trade name Viracept) used in treating HIV usually in combination with other drugs
    Synonym(s): nelfinavir, Viracept
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Variciform \Va*ric"i*form\, a. [Varix + -form.] (Med.)
      Resembling a varix.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vergeboard \Verge"board`\, n. [Verge + board. Cf. {Bargeboard}.]
      (Arch.)
      The ornament of woodwork upon the gable of a house, used
      extensively in the 15th century. It was generally suspended
      from the edge of the projecting roof (see {Verge}, n., 4),
      and in position parallel to the gable wall. Called also
      bargeboard.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cinematograph \Cin`e*mat"o*graph\, n. [Gr. [?], [?], motion +
      -graph.]
      1. A machine, combining magic lantern and kinetoscope
            features, for projecting on a screen a series of pictures,
            moved rapidly (25 to 50 a second) and intermittently
            before an objective lens, and producing by persistence of
            vision the illusion of continuous motion; a moving-picture
            machine; also, any of several other machines or devices
            producing moving pictorial effects. Other common names for
            the cinematograph are {animatograph}, {biograph},
            {bioscope}, {electrograph}, {electroscope},
            {kinematograph}, {kinetoscope}, {veriscope}, {vitagraph},
            {vitascope}, {zo[94]gyroscope}, {zo[94]praxiscope}, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Verruciform \Ver*ru"ci*form\, a. [L. verruca wart + -form.]
      Shaped like a wart or warts.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Versability \Ver`sa*bil"i*ty\, n.
      The quality or state of being versable. [R.] --Sterne

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Versable \Ver"sa*ble\, a. [L. versabilis: cf. F. versable. See
      {Versatile}.]
      Capable of being turned. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Versableness \Ver"sa*ble*ness\, n.
      Versability. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Versification \Ver`si*fi*ca"tion\, n. [L. versificatio: cf. F.
      versification.]
      The act, art, or practice, of versifying, or making verses;
      the construction of poetry; metrical composition.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Versificator \Ver"si*fi*ca`tor\, n. [L.]
      A versifier. [R.] [bd]The best versificator next Virgil.[b8]
      --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Versify \Ver"si*fy\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Versified}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Versifying}.] [OE. versifien, F. versifier, L.
      versificare; versus a verse + -ficare to make. See {Verse},
      and {-fy}.]
      To make verses.
  
               I'll versify in spite, and do my best.   --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Versifier \Ver"si*fi`er\, n.
      1. One who versifies, or makes verses; as, not every
            versifier is a poet. --Dryden.
  
      2. One who converts into verse; one who expresses in verse
            the ideas of another written in prose; as, Dr. Watts was a
            versifier of the Psalms.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Versify \Ver"si*fy\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Versified}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Versifying}.] [OE. versifien, F. versifier, L.
      versificare; versus a verse + -ficare to make. See {Verse},
      and {-fy}.]
      To make verses.
  
               I'll versify in spite, and do my best.   --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Versify \Ver"si*fy\, v. t.
      1. To relate or describe in verse; to compose in verse.
  
                     I'll versify the truth, not poetize.   --Daniel.
  
      2. To turn into verse; to render into metrical form; as, to
            versify the Psalms. --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Versify \Ver"si*fy\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Versified}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Versifying}.] [OE. versifien, F. versifier, L.
      versificare; versus a verse + -ficare to make. See {Verse},
      and {-fy}.]
      To make verses.
  
               I'll versify in spite, and do my best.   --Dryden.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Varysburg, NY
      Zip code(s): 14167

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Voorheesville, NY (village, FIPS 77684)
      Location: 42.64643 N, 73.93324 W
      Population (1990): 3225 (1137 housing units)
      Area: 8.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 12186

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Very high bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line
  
      (VDSL) A form of {Digital
      Subscriber Line} similar to {ADSL} but providing higher speeds
      at reduced lengths.
  
      (1998-05-18)
  
  
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