- verse
- 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 some rule or design; single line of poetry2.a) metrical writing or speaking, esp. when light or trivial or merely metered and rhymed, but without much serious content or artistic meritb) a particular form of poetic composition [free verse, trochaic verse]3.a) a single metrical composition; poemb) a body of poetry, as of a specific writer or period4. a stanza or similar short subdivision of a metrical composition, sometimes specif. as distinguished from the chorus or refrain5. any of the single, usually numbered, short divisions of a chapter of the Bible, generally a sentencevt., vi.versed, versingNow Rare VERSIFY
English World dictionary. V. Neufeldt. 2014.