## Meanings
1. A group of lines that form one unit of a song or poem.
2. Writing arranged in lines with rhythm and often rhyme; poetry.
3. To write poetry.

## Examples
- Everyone joined in once the second verse began.
- She wrote the story in verse rather than prose.
- He spent his evenings versing about the sea.

## Derived Forms
- verse-chorus
- versecraft

## Related Forms
- versification
- versify

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *wert-
- Root: vers
- Root: fers

## Etymology
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”).

## AI Etymology
Verse is 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”). The historical line also includes Proto-Indo-European *wert-, Middle English vers, Old English fers, Old French vers. In present-day use, it can mean a group of lines that form one unit of a song or poem, or writing arranged in lines with rhythm and often rhyme; poetry. Derived formations include verse-chorus, versecraft.

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- Art & Music

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