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I. noun see: worth Date: before 12th century a line of metrical writing, 2. a. metrical language, metrical writing distinguished from poetry especially by its lower level of intensity, poetry 2, poem , a body of metrical writing (as of a period or country), stanza , one of the short divisions into which a chapter of the Bible is traditionally divided, II. verb (~d; versing) Date: before 12th century intransitive verb to make ~ ; versify , transitive verb to tell or celebrate in ~, to turn into ~, III. transitive verb (~d; versing) Etymology: back-formation from ~d, from Latin versatus, past participle of versari to be active, be occupied (in), passive of versare to turn Date: 1599 to familiarize by close association, study, or experience