verse

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A group of lines that form one unit of a song or poem.

   Everyone joined in once the second verse began.

2. 2
   noun

   Writing arranged in lines with rhythm and often rhyme; poetry.

   She wrote the story in verse rather than prose.

3. 3
   verb

   To write poetry.

   He spent his evenings versing about the sea.

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

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