verse

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Related terms 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 External links 1.6 Anagrams 2 Dutch 2.1 Adjective 3 French 3.1 Verb 3.2 Anagrams 4 Spanish 4.1 Verb 4.1.1 Conjugation 4.1.2 Related terms

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[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Pronunciation

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  Rhymes: -ɜː(r)s

[edit] 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. (fandom) A specific fictional universe.
   • June 6, 2006, Joey Airdo, "Earth-Shattering X-Men: The Last Stand Doesn't Disappoint," The Popcorn Journal,

     "There must be newcomers to the X-Men 'verse, too, since the threequel opened to an unprecedented $120 million Memorial Day Weekend box office."

[edit] Verb

to verse (third-person singular simple present verses, present participle verseing, simple past and past participle verseed)

1. To compete or battle against

   The undefeated boxer is going to verse another boxer.

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• blank verse
• free verse
• versification
• versify

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[edit] 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

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: eersv
• serve
• sever
• veers

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verse

1. Inflected form of vers.

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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.

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: eersv
• rêves, rêvés
• serve

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[edit] Verb

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

1. to meet; to see one another

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• ver