verse /vɜːs $ vɜːrs/ BrE AmE noun
[ Date: 900-1000 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: vers , from Latin versus 'turning, verse' , from vertere 'to turn' ]
1 . [countable] a set of lines that forms one part of a song, poem, or a book such as the Bible or the Quran (Koran):
Let’s sing the last verse again.
Learn the first two verses of the poem by heart.
Genesis chapter 3, verse 13
2 . [uncountable] words arranged in the form of poetry:
a book of comic verse
in verse
Written in verse, the play was set in the Middle Ages.