"verse" Definition

Definitions for the word "verse" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
A line consisting of a certain number of metrical feet (see Foot, n., 9) disposed according to metrical rules.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
Metrical arrangement and language; that which is composed in metrical form; versification; poetry.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
A short division of any composition.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
A stanza; a stave; as, a hymn of four verses.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
One of the short divisions of the chapters in the Old and New Testaments.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
A portion of an anthem to be performed by a single voice to each part.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
A piece of poetry.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. v. t.
To tell in verse, or poetry.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. v. i.
To make verses; to versify.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. n.
1 poetry. 2 stanza of a poem or song. 3 each of the short numbered divisions of the bible. 4 poem. [latin versus: related to *versatile]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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