verses
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/-əz/
English
Definitions
noun
- A poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme.“Restoration literature is well known for its carefully constructed verse.”
- Poetic form in general.“The restrictions of verse have been steadily relaxed over time.”
- One of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed.“Note the shift in tone between the first verse and the second.”
- A small section of the Jewish or Christian Bible.
verb
- To compose verses.
- To tell in verse, or poetry.
- To educate about, to teach about.“He versed us in the finer points of category theory.”
verb
- To oppose, to compete against, especially in a video game.“Verse him, G!”
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