FromMiddle English vers Old English fers Old French vers Latin versus ( “ a line in writing, and in poetry a verse; (originally) row, furrow ” ) , fromvertō ( “ to turn around ” ) .
verse (countable anduncountable plural verses
A poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme.Synonym: poetry Restoration literature is well known for its carefully constructedverse .
Poetic form in general.The restrictions ofverse have been steadily relaxed over time.
One of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed.Synonym: stanza Note the shift in tone between the firstverse and the second.
A small section of aholy book (Bible ,Quran etc.)Holonym: chapter ( music ) anthem to be performed by a singlevoice to eachpart .poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme
one of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed
Arabic:بَيْت (ar) m ( bayt ) Armenian:տուն (hy) ( tun ) Bulgarian:строфа f ( strofa ) Chinese:Mandarin:詩句 / 诗句 (zh) ( shījù ) Danish:strofe (da) c vers (da) n Dutch:couplet (nl) n Finnish:säkeistö (fi) French:couplet (fr) m Georgian:სტროფი ( sṭropi ) ,კუპლეტი ( ḳuṗleṭi ) German:Strophe (de) f Vers (de) m Greek:στροφή (el) f ( strofí ) Hebrew:בַּיִת (he) m ( báyit ) Hindi:छंद (hi) m ( chand ) ,गाथा (hi) f ( gāthā ) Hungarian:verze (hu) ,versszak (hu) Irish:véarsa m Italian:strofa (it) f Japanese:バース (ja) ( bāsu ) Kyrgyz:сап (ky) ( sap ) Norwegian:Bokmål:strofe (no) m vers (no) n Nynorsk:strofe f vers n Persian:بند (fa) ( band ) Portuguese:verso (pt) m Romanian:strofă (ro) f Russian:купле́т (ru) m ( kuplét ) ,строфа́ (ru) f ( strofá ) ( stanza ) Sanskrit:गाथा (sa) f ( gāthā ) Scottish Gaelic:earrann f Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:стих m Roman:stih (sh) m Slovak:strofa f Slovene:kitica f Spanish:estrofa (es) f verso (es) m Swedish:strof (sv) c vers (sv) c Welsh:pennill (cy) m
a small section of the Bible
verse (third-person singular simple present verses present participle versing simple past and past participle versed
( obsolete ) a. 1587 i.e. ,Philip Sidney ],An Apologie for Poetrie. [ … ] [ … ] [ James Roberts] for Henry Olney, [ … ] 1595 ,→OCLC Edward Arber , editor,An Apologie for Poetrie (English Reprints), London:[ Alexander Murray & Son] ,1 April 1868 ,→OCLC It is not rhyming andversing that maketh a poet.
( transitive ) c. 1595–1596 William Shakespeare , “A Midsommer Nights Dreame ”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , andEd[ ward] Blount , published1623 ,→OCLC [ Act II, scene i] :playing on pipes of corn andversing love
( transitive , figurative ) educate about, toteach about.Heversed us in the finer points of category theory.
1918 W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell , chapter XLIV, inThe Mirror and the Lamp , Indianapolis, Ind.:The Bobbs-Merrill Company ,→OCLC page361 :Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part.[ …] [ …] versed in the law, and perhaps had spared no pains to keep on good terms with the local constabulary.
Back-formation fromversus verses .
verse (third-person singular simple present verses present participle versing simple past and past participle versed
( colloquial , sometimes proscribed ) oppose , tocompete against.2007 Sydney Morning Herald [1] When teams play now they "verse " each other. "Who did youverse ?" (Forget "whom". It's long dead.) "We'reversing you next." Pity the Latin scholar who might feel the loss of "versus" more keenly than many.
2009 August 11, CrazyGunner[ username] , “Verse me on Onslaught”, inNintendo Life [2] If you've got Onslaught let me know and I'llverse you.
2020 April 9, AgentPigeon122[ username] , “The Graphic Organizer Information”, inCourse Hero [3] Ariel is worried for the race, because she isversing her best competitor, and she really wants to win.
2023 Taskmaster NZ [4] Mel Bracewell :There was an ODI last year where the Blackcapsversed Ireland, and we almost lost, but we didn't.
“verse ”, inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary G. & C. Merriam ,1913 ,→OCLC William Dwight Whitney ,Benjamin E[li] Smith , editors (1911 ), “verse ”, inThe Century Dictionary [ … ] The Century Co. ,→OCLC “verse ”, inOneLook Dictionary Search . verse
plural ofvers verse
inflection ofvers masculine / feminine singular attributive definite neuter singular attributive plural attributive verse
Romanization of𐌅𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌄 verse (plural verses
Only used insinus verse ( “ versed sine ,versine ” ) verse f countable anduncountable plural verses
( dated except inpleuvoir à verse ) pouring ( agriculture ) lodging ( bending of thestems ofcrops which reducesyield ) ( obsolete ) basket used to transport around 35pounds ofcharcoal ( especially BDSM ) willing to take either asubmissive or adominant role in asexual relationship ; aswitch .verse
inflection ofverser first / third-person singular present indicative / subjunctive second-person singular imperative vers -e ( possessive suffix )
IPA (key ) : [ˈvɛrʃɛ] Hyphenation:ver‧se verse
third-person singular single-possession possessive ofvers verse
vocative masculine singular ofversus verse
Alternative form ofvers verse
inflection ofversar first / third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative verse
third-person singular / plural present subjunctive ofvărsa IPA (key ) : /ˈbeɾse/ [ˈbeɾ.se] Rhymes:-eɾse Syllabification:ver‧se verse
infinitive ofver se inflection ofversar first / third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative 
