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    [Noun]  | "verse" | \ ˈvərs \


    1: a line of metrical writing

    2: speech or writing distinguished from ordinary language by its distinctive patterning of sounds and especially by its rhythm : metrical language

    3: poetry

    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English vers, fers, in part borrowed from Anglo-French vers, verse in part going back to Old English fers, both borrowed from Latin versus "furrow, measure of land, row, line, line of writing, line of metrical writing," action noun derived from vertere "to cause to turn, rotate," {mat|worth:1|};

    [Noun]  | "blank verse" 


    1: unrhymed verse; specifically : unrhymed iambic pentameter verse

    Origin: 1588 ;

    [Noun]  | "chapter and verse" 


    1: the exact reference or source of information or justification for an assertion

    2: full precise information or detail

    Origin: 1628 ;

    [Noun]  | "free verse" 


    1: verse whose meter is irregular in some respect or whose rhythm is not metrical

    Origin: 1813 ;

    [Noun]  | "heroic verse" 


    1: dactylic hexameter especially of epic verse of classical times —called also heroic meter

    2: the iambic pentameter used especially in English epic poetry during the 17th and 18th centuries —called also heroic line, heroic meter

    Origin: 1586 ;

    [Noun]  | "nonsense verse" 


    1: humorous or whimsical verse that features absurd characters and actions and often contains evocative but meaningless nonce words

    Origin: 1799 ;

    [Noun]  | "tumbling verse" 


    1: an early modern English type of verse having four stresses but no prevailing type of foot and no regular number of syllables

    Origin: 1585 ;

    [Verb]  | "verse" 


    1: to make verse : versify

    2: to tell or celebrate in verse

    3: to turn into verse

    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English versen, in part verbal derivative of vers, fers {see: |verse:1|verse:1} in part going back to Old English fersian "to versify," verbal derivative of fers {see: |verse:1|verse:1};

    [Noun]  | "verse" 


    1: a composition using rhythm and often rhyme to create a lyrical effect;


      * e.g., " ... composed a short verse for his mother's birthday "




    2: writing that uses rhythm, vivid language, and often rhyme to provoke an emotional response;


      * e.g., " ... skilled at verse "



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    [Noun]  | "blank verse" 


    [Noun]  | "free verse" 


    1: verse that does not rhyme and does not have a regular rhythm;


      * e.g., " ... The author's free verse has a unique rhythmic intensity. "



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    [Verb]  | "verse" 


    1: to give information to;


      * e.g., " ... while in prison, he versed himself in the rights of the incarcerated "



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     [ "verse" ]

    1: A.K.A. the Universe.

      * e.g.,  ... Ain't them Reavers just the most impolite folks in the whole goddamn verse 

     [ "verse" ]

    1: v. verse, versed, versing

      * e.g.,  ... I versed Michael in Street Fighter 2; needless to say, I won handily. 

     [ "verse" ]

    2: to face off in a competitive two-player video game. The verb form of the word "versus," "vs." or "v."

      * e.g.,  ... I can't, Mom, I'm busy versing Tom in Mario Golf at the moment! 

     [ "verse" ]

    1: A few lines of a rap or song. The best verses in history have come from Tupac Shakurs mouth.

      * e.g.,  ... How's it hangin? Cause baby from the back the shit is bangin 

     [ "verse" ]

    1: V. To oppose another player in a video game. This is from "vs." or "versus." The only people who may use this are little kids.

      * e.g.,  ... "X is versing Y!" from verse. 

     [ "the verse" ]

    1: the Uiverse as described in the series Firefly created by Joss Whedon

      * e.g.,  ... No power in the verse can stop me. (Said by Mal first then Kaylee, but River adopted it after she single-handedly stopped Niska's men from boarding Serenity.) 

     [ "the verse" ]

    1: Slang ala Firefly for 'universe.'

      * e.g.,  ... "No force in the verse can stop me." 

     [ "versing" ]

    1: The verb form of the word "verses". It should be used like this: "Did you see that match? It was red verses blue!"

      * e.g.,  ... Are you versing him later? 

     [ "versing" ]

    2: However more people use it the innocorect way: "Are you versing him later?" Let me just tell you all that THIS IS NOT A WORD. Its not even slang! Its just stupid!

      * e.g.,  ... Its just me verses him. 

     [ "versing" ]

    1: The gerund form of the "verb" "verse." Presumably caused by people assuming that versus is spelled "verses" and is the present tense of a verb... but it's latin.

      * e.g.,  ... I'm versing him later in Smash Brothers. 

     [ "Versing" ]

    1: The action of writing verses of a poem with another person, versing and taking turns, you go i go

      * e.g.,  ... Fool #1: I'm rippling the horizon Like a ravenous lion 

     [ "Versed" ]

    1: (ver-ss-ed) Saying someone played against someone/thing

      * e.g.,  ...  Did you see the game where the Patriots versed the Cowboys? 

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