Verse
- 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.
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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. [1913 Webster]
2. Metrical arrangement and language; that which is composed in metrical form; versification; poetry. [1913 Webster]
Such prompt eloquence Flowed from their lips in prose or numerous verse. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Virtue was taught in verse. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
Verse embalms virtue. --Donne. [1913 Webster]
3. A short division of any composition. Specifically: [1913 Webster] (a) A stanza; a stave; as, a hymn of four verses. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster] (b) (Script.) One of the short divisions of the chapters in the Old and New Testaments. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster] (c) (Mus.) A portion of an anthem to be performed by a single voice to each part. [1913 Webster]
4. A piece of poetry. ``This verse be thine.'' --Pope. [1913 Webster]
{Blank verse}, poetry in which the lines do not end in rhymes.
{Heroic verse}. See under {Heroic}. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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Verse — Verse … Deutsch Wörterbuch
verse — [ vɛrs ] n. f. • 1680; à la verse 1640; de verser 1 ♦ Loc. adv. À VERSE, se dit de la pluie qui tombe en abondance. Il pleuvait à verse. ⇒ averse. « La pluie tombait à verse [...] mais, bravant le mauvais temps, un peuple immense s acheminait »… … Encyclopédie Universelle
versé — verse [ vɛrs ] n. f. • 1680; à la verse 1640; de verser 1 ♦ Loc. adv. À VERSE, se dit de la pluie qui tombe en abondance. Il pleuvait à verse. ⇒ averse. « La pluie tombait à verse [...] mais, bravant le mauvais temps, un peuple immense s… … Encyclopédie Universelle
verse — 1. (vèr s ) s. f. 1° Terme d agriculture. État des céréales couchées à terre par la pluie ou toute autre cause. La verse des blés. 2° Terme d eaux et forêts. Grande corbeille de charbon, qui en contient 35 livres. 3° À verse, loc. adv. Se… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
Verse — Die Verse am Bremecker Hammer in LüdenscheidVorlage:Infobox Fluss/KARTE fehlt … Deutsch Wikipedia
versé — versé, ée (vèr sé, sée) part. passé de verser. 1° Qui a coulé hors de ce qui le contenait. Vin versé. Sang versé. Fig. • Les grâces, les honneurs par moi seule versés, RAC. Brit. III, 4. 2° Renversé. Voiture versée. Blés versés. Foin… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
verse — [və:s US və:rs] n [Date: 900 1000; : Old French; Origin: vers, from Latin versus turning, verse , from vertere to turn ] 1.) a set of lines that forms one part of a song, poem, or a book such as the Bible or the Koran ▪ Let s sing the last verse… … Dictionary of contemporary English
verse — 1 Verse, stanza both mean a unit of metrical writing. Verse is both wider and more varied in its popular usage since it can denote a single line of such writing, such writing as a class, or, along with stanza, a group of lines forming a division… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
versé — Versé, [vers]ée. part. Il signifie aussi, Exercé, experimenté. C est un homme bien versé dans les finances, dans les negociations. il est versé dans la lecture des poëtes. versé dans la philosophie … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
verse — [vʉrs] n. [ME vers < OE fers & OFr vers, both < L versus, a turning, verse, line, row, pp. of vertere, to turn < IE * wert , to turn < base * wer > WARP, WORM, WARDS] 1. a sequence of words arranged metrically in accordance with… … English World dictionary
