verse, rhyme
(noun) a piece of poetry
verse, verse line
(noun) a line of metrical text
poetry, poesy, verse
(noun) literature in metrical form
verse
(verb) familiarize through thorough study or experience; “She versed herself in Roman archeology”
verse, versify, poetize, poetise
(verb) compose verses or put into verse; “He versified the ancient saga”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
verse (countable and uncountable, plural verses)
A poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme.
Synonym: poetry
Poetic form in general.
One of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed.
Synonym: stanza
A small section of the Jewish or Christian Bible.
Holonym: chapter
(music) A portion of an anthem to be performed by a single voice to each part.
verse (third-person singular simple present verses, present participle versing, simple past and past participle versed)
(obsolete) To compose verses.
(transitive) To tell in verse, or poetry.
verse (third-person singular simple present verses, present participle versing, simple past and past participle versed)
to educate about, to teach about.
verse (third-person singular simple present verses, present participle versing, simple past and past participle versed)
(colloquial) To oppose, to compete against, especially in a video game.
• reves, serve, sever, veers
Source: Wiktionary
Verse, n. Etym: [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. "This verse be thine." Pope. Blank verse, poetry in which the lines do not end in rhymes.
– Heroic verse. See under Heroic.
Verse, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Versed; p. pr. & vb. n. Versing.]
Definition: To tell in verse, or poetry. [Obs.] Playing on pipes of corn and versing love. Shak.
Verse, v. i.
Definition: To make verses; to versify. [Obs.] It is not rhyming and versing that maketh a poet. Sir P. Sidney.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 January 2025
(noun) memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
