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verse [ vurss ]

noun (plural vers·es)

Definition:

1. group of lines: a section of a poem or song consisting of a number of lines arranged together to form a single unit

2. bible numbered division of Bible chapter: a numbered subdivision into which each chapter of the Bible is divided

3. poetry poetry: poetry, as distinct from prose

4. poetry bad poetry: poetry that is trivial in content or inferior in quality

It's not poetry at all, it's just verse.

5. poetry short poem: a poem, especially a short one

6. poetry line of poem: a single line of a poem, arranged rhythmically in metrical feet

transitive verb (past and past participle versed, present participle vers·ing, 3rd person present singular vers·es)

Definition:

versify prose content: to turn something from prose into poetry ( archaic )

[Pre-12th century. Directly and via Old French vers< Latin versus "turning (of a plow), furrow, line" < vertere "to turn"]

Word History


	The Latin word vertere "to turn," from which verse is derived, is also the source of the English words adverse, advertise, controversy, converse¹ ("to talk"), convert, divert, inverse, obverse, pervert, prose, reverse, subvert, universe, versatile, version, versus, vertebra, vertical, and vertigo.