verse

See also Verse, versé, and 'verse

English

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)s

Etymology 1

Partly from Old English vers; partly, from Old French vers; both, from Latin versus (“a line in writing, and in poetry a verse; (originally) row, furrow”), from vertō (“to turn around”).

Noun

verse (plural verses)

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

   Restoration literature is well known for its carefully constructed verse.

2. Poetic form in general.

   The restrictions of verse have been steadily relaxed over time.

3. 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.

4. A small section of the Jewish or Christian Bible.

Translations

poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme

• Czech: verš (cs) m
• Danish: vers (da) n
• Dutch: vers (nl) n
• French: vers (fr) m
• German: Vers (de) m
• Greek: στίχοι (el) (stíchi) m pl, ‎έμμετρος λόγος (émetros lógos) m 
• Hebrew: שירה (he) (shirá)
• Ido: verso (io)

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: هه‌ڵبه‌ست (ckb)

• Norwegian: vers (no) n
• Portuguese: verso (pt) m
• Romanian: vers (ro)
• Russian: стих (ru) (stíx) m
• Serbo-Croatian: stih (sh) m, vers (sh) m
• Swedish: vers (sv) c

poetic form in general

• Czech: verš (cs) m
• Greek: στίχος (el) (stíchos) m
• Hebrew: שירה (he) (shirá)

• Russian: стих (ru) (stíx) m
• Serbo-Croatian: stih (sh) m, vers (sh) m
• Spanish: verso (es) m

one of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed

• Danish: strofe (da) c, vers (da) n
• Dutch: couplet (nl) n
• Finnish: säkeistö (fi)
• French: couplet (fr) m
• German: Strophe (de) f, Vers (de) m
• Greek: στροφή (el) (strofí) f
• Hebrew: בית (he) (báyit) m

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: strofe (nb) m, vers (nb) n

  Nynorsk: strofe (nn) f, vers (nn) n

• Russian: куплет (ru) (kuplét) m
• Scottish Gaelic: earrann (gd) f
• Serbo-Croatian: stih (sh) m
• Spanish: estrofa (es) f
• Swedish: strof (sv) c, vers (sv) c

a small section of the Bible

• Finnish: jae (fi)
• French: verset (fr) m

• Hebrew: פסוק (he) (pasúk) m
• Polish: werset (pl) m

Derived terms

• blank verse
• free verse

Related terms

• versification
• versify

Verb

verse (third-person singular simple present verses, present participle versing, simple past and past participle versed)

1. (obsolete) To compose verses.

   It is not rhyming and versing that maketh a poet. — Sir P. Sidney.

Etymology 2

Verb

verse (third-person singular simple present verses, present participle versing, simple past and past participle versed)

1. To educate about, to teach about.

   He versed us in the finer points of category theory.

Etymology 3

Back-formation from versus, misconstrued as a third-person singular verb *verses.

Verb

verse (third-person singular simple present verses, present participle versing, simple past and past participle versed)

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

External links

• verse in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• verse in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• verse at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• serve, sever, veers

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Dutch

Adjective

verse

1. the inflected form^FAQ of vers

Anagrams

• vrees

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French

Verb

verse

1. first-person singular present indicative of verser
2. third-person singular present indicative of verser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of verser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of verser
5. second-person singular imperative of verser

Anagrams

• resve, rêves, rêvés, serve

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Latin

Participle

verse

1. vocative masculine singular of versus

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Spanish

Verb

verse (first-person singular present me veo, first-person singular preterite me vi, past participle visto)

1. to meet; to see one another

Conjugation

    Conjugation of verse (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			verse
gerund			viéndose
past participle			visto
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú	él/ella usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	me veo	te ves	se ve	nos vemos	os veis	se ven
	imperfect	me veía	te veías	se veía	nos veíamos	os veíais	se veían
	preterite	me vi	te viste	se vio	nos vimos	os visteis	se vieron
	future	me veré	te verás	se verá	nos veremos	os veréis	se verán
	conditional	me vería	te verías	se vería	nos veríamos	os veríais	se verían
subjunctive		yo	tú	él/ella usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	me vea	te veas	se vea	nos veamos	os veáis	se vean
	imperfect (ra)	me viera	te vieras	se viera	nos viéramos	os vierais	se vieran
	imperfect (se)	me viese	te vieses	se viese	nos viésemos	os vieseis	se viesen
	future	me viere	te vieres	se viere	nos viéremos	os viereis	se vieren
imperative		—	tú	usted	nosotros	vosotros	ustedes
	affirmative		vete	véase	veámonos	veos	véanse
	negative		no te veas	no se vea	no nos veamos	no os veáis	no se vean

Other verbs with this conjugation:

[+] Spanish verbs ending in -er (conjugation ver)

Related terms

• ver

Verb

verse (infinitive versar)

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of versar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of versar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of versar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of versar.