Verse

Word VERSE
Character 5
Hyphenation verse
Pronunciations /ˈvɜːs/

Definitions and meanings of "Verse"

What do we mean by verse?

To play against (an opponent) in a competition. transitive verb

To familiarize by study or experience. transitive verb

A single metrical line in a poetic composition; one line of poetry. noun

A division of a metrical composition, such as a stanza of a poem or hymn. noun

A poem. noun

Metrical or rhymed composition as distinct from prose; poetry. noun

The art or work of a poet. noun

A group of poems. noun

Metrical writing that lacks depth or artistic merit. noun

A particular type of metrical composition, such as blank verse or free verse. noun

One of the numbered subdivisions of a chapter in the Bible. noun

To versify or engage in versifying. transitive & intransitive verb

To turn; revolve, as in meditation.

To relate or express in verse; turn into verse or rime.

To make verses.

In heraldry, reversed or turned in a direction unusual to the bearing in question. Also renverse.

In prosody: A succession of feet (colon or period) written or printed in one line; a line: as, a poem of three hundred verses; hence, a type of metrical composition, as represented by a metrical line; a meter. A verse may be catalectic, dimeter, trimeter, iambic, dactylic, rimed, unrimed, alliterative, etc. noun

A type of metrical composition, represented by a group of lines; a kind of stanza: as, Spencerian verse; hence, a stanza: as, the first verse of a (rimed) hymn. noun

A poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme.

Poetic form in general.

One of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed.

A small section of the Jewish or Christian Bible.

A portion of an anthem to be performed by a single voice to each part.

A.K.A. the Universe. Urban Dictionary

V. verse, versed, versing to face off in a competitive two-player video game. The verb form of the word "versus," "vs." or "v." Urban Dictionary

A few lines of a rap or song. The best verses in history have come from Tupac Shakurs mouth. Urban Dictionary

V. To oppose another player in a video game. This is from "vs." or "versus." The only people who may use this are little kids. Urban Dictionary

The Uiverse as described in the series Firefly created by Joss Whedon Urban Dictionary

Slang ala Firefly for 'universe.' Urban Dictionary

The verb form of the word "verses". It should be used like this: "Did you see that match? It was red verses blue!" However more people use it the innocorect way: "Are you versing him later?" Let me just tell you all that THIS IS NOT A WORD. Its not even slang! Its just stupid! Urban Dictionary

The gerund form of the "verb" "verse." Presumably caused by people assuming that versus is spelled "verses" and is the present tense of a verb... but it's latin. Urban Dictionary

The action of writing verses of a poem with another person, versing and taking turns, you go i go Urban Dictionary

(ver-ss-ed) Saying someone played against someone/thing Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Verse

The word "verse" in example sentences

Eusebius [276] and Cyril [277] having quoted 'the parable of the wicked husbandmen' _in extenso_ (viz. from verse 33 to verse 43), _leave off at verse_ 43. ❋ John William Burgon (1850)

I remember the great English poet, William Morris, coming in a381 rage out of some lecture hall where somebody had recited some passage out of his Sigurd the Volsung, ‘It gave me a devil of a lot of trouble’, said Morris, ‘to get that thing into verse’.382 It gave me the devil of a lot of trouble to get into verse the poems that I am going to read and that is why I will not read them as if they were prose. ❋ W.B. Yeats (2000)

Since Qur'an is not poetry, the term verse is not appropriate. ... ❋ Unknown (2009)

Save for the line from Shakespeare and the terms from the episode, I guess the rest of the verse is a series original (is it?). ❋ Unknown (2009)

There is a translation of it in English verse, that is little short of the original. ❋ Helen [Editor] Clergue (N/A)

They are simple tales, told in English verse, which is characterised by a purity and a simplicity that are very noteworthy in an Indian writer, and which show considerable acquaintance of the ❋ T. Ramakrishna (N/A)

On this awkward affair one of my acquaintance wrote a copy of what we called verse; I liked it, but fancied I could compose something more to the purpose: I tried, and by the unanimous suffrage of my shop-mates was allowed to have succeeded. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

This verse is the expression of her exultation and the affirmation of her AÑÑĀ. 89 84 ❋ Caroline Augusta Foley Rhys (1909)

Twenty years of his life were given to politics and statecraft, and his verse is the product not only of his own genius, but of the national spirit of Puritanism – which was the desire to establish the kingdom of God upon earth. ❋ Unknown (1909)

But the close of the verse is addressed to the Median invaders; therefore it is more likely that the first part of the verse is addressed to them, as in ❋ Unknown (1871)

Now Jericho was straitly shut up -- This verse is a parenthesis introduced to prepare the way for the directions given by the Captain of the Lord's host. ❋ Unknown (1871)

This verse is a recapitulation of what was more fully stated before, Judah's sin and consequent punishment. ❋ Unknown (1871)

These are the inheritances -- This verse is the formal close of the section which narrates the history of the land distribution; and to stamp it with due importance, the names of the commissioners are repeated, as well as the spot where so memorable a transaction took place. ❋ Unknown (1871)

In striking agreement with this verse is the fact that the Assyrian sculptures lately discovered have painted and colored bas-reliefs in red, blue, and black. ❋ Unknown (1871)

Thus this verse is an anticipation of Re 11: 15-18. declared to -- Greek, "declared the glad tidings to." ❋ Unknown (1871)

This verse is the hearty response to the stirring call, ❋ Unknown (1871)

This verse is the summary of the vision that follows: the angels do not actually receive the vials till Re 15: 7; but here, in Re 15: 1, by anticipation they are spoken of as having them. ❋ Unknown (1871)

Instead of the recurring sounds, whether of rhyme or similarly weighted syllables, which constitute the outward form of what we call verse, we have the careless grace of uneven, undulating sentences, flowing on with a rhythmic cadence indeed, but free from all constraint of metre or exactitude of form. ❋ James Anthony Froude (1856)

In 1692 Richard Frame published, in what he called verse, a Description of Pennsylvania, in which he alludes to the settlement: -- ❋ John Greenleaf Whittier (1849)

Ain't them Reavers just the most [impolite] [folks] in the whole [goddamn] verse ❋ MegaJim (2005)

I [versed] Michael in Street Fighter 2; needless to say, I won handily. I can't, Mom, I'm busy [versing] Tom in [Mario Golf] at the moment! Let's verse each other in Madden '05. ❋ Eugene3 (2005)

[How's it hangin]? Cause baby from the back the shit is bangin I've been stressin in this [ghetto game], tryin to do my thang Won't be no bullshit, no ass-kissin This [bitch'll] have ya wakin up with all your cash missin I'm askin, as if I'm qualified to analyze You're lookin at a bitch who specialize in tellin lies She got a body make a motherfucker fantasize Her face ain't never shed a tear through them scandalous eyes ❋ Shady (2004)

"X is [versing] Y!" from verse. ❋ Downvoting Victim (2010)

No power in the verse can stop me. (Said by Mal first then Kaylee, but River adopted it after she [single-handedly] stopped [Niska's] men from boarding [Serenity].) ❋ Gorramreavers (2005)

"No [force] in the verse can [stop] me." ❋ Gumblebee (2005)

Are you versing him later? Its just me [verses] him. [Ill] [verse] him for you! ❋ Slanginformer (2005)

I'm versing him [later] in [Smash Brothers]. ❋ Kallandras (2016)

Fool #1: I'm rippling the horizon Like a ravenous lion Fool #2: I'm swallowing serotonin Mainling dopamine Fool #1: I think we communicate the best when we're [versing] with each other Fool #2: Why? Oh, cause you think you're the next [Edgar Allen Poe] right? Fool #1: No, more like the next [Emily Dickinson] ❋ Copacetic Cutie (2010)

1. Did you see the game where [the Patriots] [versed] the [Cowboys]? 2. He versed the person in the game. ❋ I_Am_A_Sexy_Beast (2011)

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