VERSE
\vˈɜːs], \vˈɜːs], \v_ˈɜː_s]\
Definitions of VERSE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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literature in metrical form
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compose verses or put into verse; "He versified the ancient saga"
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a line of metrical text
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A piece of poetry.
By Princeton University
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literature in metrical form
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compose verses or put into verse; "He versified the ancient saga"
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a line of metrical text
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A piece of poetry.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A line consisting of a certain number of metrical feet (see Foot, n., 9) disposed according to metrical rules.
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Metrical arrangement and language; that which is composed in metrical form; versification; poetry.
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A short division of any composition.
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A stanza; a stave; as, a hymn of four verses.
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One of the short divisions of the chapters in the Old and New Testaments.
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A portion of an anthem to be performed by a single voice to each part.
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A piece of poetry.
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To tell in verse, or poetry.
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To make verses; to versify.
By Oddity Software
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A line consisting of a certain number of metrical feet (see Foot, n., 9) disposed according to metrical rules.
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Metrical arrangement and language; that which is composed in metrical form; versification; poetry.
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A short division of any composition.
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A stanza; a stave; as, a hymn of four verses.
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One of the short divisions of the chapters in the Old and New Testaments.
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A portion of an anthem to be performed by a single voice to each part.
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A piece of poetry.
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To tell in verse, or poetry.
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To make verses; to versify.
By Noah Webster.
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A line of poetry; a form of composition possessing rhythm; poetry; a short division of a chapter in the Bible.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A line of poetry: metrical arrangement and language: poetry: a stanza: a short division of any composition, esp. of the chapters of the Bible, orig. confined to the metrical books, applied first to whole Bible in 1528: (mus.) a portion of an anthem to be performed by a single voice to each part.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [French] A line consisting of a certain number of long and short syllables, disposed according to metrical rules;—metrical arrangement and language; poetry;—a short division of poetical composition ; a stanza; stave;—a short division of any composition, especially of the chapters in the Old and New Testaments ;—a piece of poetry.
