verses
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Definitions ofverses
- A poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme.
Synonyms: poetry
Example: "Restoration literature is well known for its carefully constructed verse."
- Poetic form in general.
Example: "The restrictions of verse have been steadily relaxed over time."
- One of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed.
Synonyms: stanza
Example: "Note the shift in tone between the first verse and the second."
- A small section of the Jewish or Christian Bible.
- A portion of an anthem to be performed by a single voice to each part.
- To compose verses.
- To tell in verse, or poetry.
- To educate about, to teach about.
Example: "He versed us in the finer points of category theory."
- To oppose, to compete against, especially in a video game.
Example: "Verse him, G!"
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