Verses

Word VERSES
Character 6
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /-əz/

Definitions and meanings of "Verses"

What do we mean by verses?

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.

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The word "verses" in example sentences

I am convinced, nevertheless, that the first occasion of the omission of those memorable verses was the lectionary practice of the primitive Church, which, on Whitsunday, read from S. John vii. 37 to viii. 12, _leaving out the twelve verses_ in question. ❋ John William Burgon (1850)

a copy of verses, expressive of their good wishes, &c. The call-boy of the theatre, (a mechanic's son of this town,) had the following _verses_ written in the usual style by the _poet_ commonly employed on these occasions, and when printed, delivered one to each of the performers. ❋ William Priest (N/A)

We want to say, give us back our rights but singing it out in verses is not going to cut it. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Military officers no longer plan for victory; women no longer bear children for the Reich; young boys no longer play samurai and dream of dying for the emperor-children no longer memorize sword verses from the Koran and pledge themselves to jihad. ❋ Unknown (2006)

He wrote a letter to his father the day before he died, and also something which he called verses to his sister, both of which I have subjoined ❋ Arthur L. Hayward (N/A)

Here, amid the "songs and silences," he wrote "just when the mood came, with little of study and less of art," as he said, his thoughts leaping spontaneously into rhymes and rhythms which he called verses, objecting to the habit of his friends of giving them "the higher title of poems," never dreaming of "taking even lowest place in the rank of authors." ❋ La Salle Corbell Pickett (1889)

He wrote a letter to his father the day before he died, and also something which he called verses to his sister, both of which I have subjoined verbatim that my readers may have the better idea of the capacity of those poor creatures. ❋ Hayward, A L (1735)

In 2008, Wilders released the movie Fitna, which mixed images of terrorist attacks with verses from the Quran. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Obama had also the intellectual elegance to quote certain verses of the Quran. ❋ Unknown (2009)

His film features verses from the Koran alongside images of terrorist attacks in New York, London and Madrid and calls on Muslims to remove “hate-preaching” verses from the Koran. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Recently some prominent talk-show hosts, Sean Hannity among them, have been referring to certain verses in the Quran that appear to call for Muslims to kill non-Muslims. ❋ Kabir Helminski (2010)

I would be curious to hear verses from the most elegant parts of the Linux kernel. ❋ Jonathan Aquino (2009)

Among the most often cited verses is this one: "Kill the idolaters wherever you find them, and capture them, and blockade them, and watch for them at every lookout ..." ❋ Kabir Helminski (2010)

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