verse.
A poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme.
Meaning & usage
A poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme.
Restoration literature is well known for its carefully constructed verse.
Poetic form in general.
The restrictions of verse have steadily been relaxed over time.
One of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed.
Note the shift in tone between the first verse and the second.
A small section of a holy book (Bible, Quran etc.)
A portion of an anthem to be performed by a single voice to each part.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English vers, from a mixture of Old English fers and Old French vers; both from Latin versus (“a line in writing, and in poetry a verse; (originally) row, furrow”), from vertō (“to turn around”).
To compose verses.
To tell in verse, or poetry.
to educate about, to teach about.
He versed us in the finer points of category theory.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English vers, from a mixture of Old English fers and Old French vers; both from Latin versus (“a line in writing, and in poetry a verse; (originally) row, furrow”), from vertō (“to turn around”).
To oppose, to compete against.
Where this word comes from
Back-formation from versus, misconstrued as a third-person singular verb verses.
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