VERSE

noun a piece of poetry.

2. verse ·vt to tell in verse, or poetry.

3. verse ·noun a short division of any composition.

4. verse ·noun a stanza; a stave; as, a hymn of four verses.

5. verse ·vi to make verses; to versify.

6. verse ·noun a portion of an anthem to be performed by a single voice to each part.

7. verse ·noun one of the short divisions of the chapters in the old and new testaments.

8. verse ·noun metrical arrangement and language; that which is composed in metrical form; versification; poetry.

9. verse ·noun a line consisting of a certain number of metrical feet (see foot, ·noun, 9) disposed according to metrical rules.