verse

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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).

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Singular
verse

Plural
verses

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.

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Infinitive
to verse

Third person singular
verses

Simple past
verseed

Past participle
verseed

Present participle
verseing

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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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.

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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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