Associations to the word «Verse»

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

VERSE, noun. Poetic form in general.

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

VERSE, noun. A small section of the Jewish or Christian Bible.

VERSE, verb. (obsolete) To compose verses.

VERSE, verb. (transitive) To tell in verse, or poetry.

VERSE, verb. To educate about, to teach about.

VERSE, verb. (colloquial) To oppose, to be an opponent for, as in a game, contest or battle.

Dictionary definition

VERSE, noun. Literature in metrical form.

VERSE, noun. A piece of poetry.

VERSE, noun. A line of metrical text.

VERSE, verb. Compose verses or put into verse; "He versified the ancient saga".

VERSE, verb. Familiarize through thorough study or experience; "She versed herself in Roman archeology".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.

Alexander Pope

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