verse
Meaning
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- A poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme.
- Poetic form in general.
- One of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed.
- A small section of a holy book (Bible, Quran etc.)
- A portion of an anthem to be performed by a single voice to each part.
Synonyms
verse line
coming to sudden halt by meeting an obstacle 2
paragraph 3
legal provisions
metrical unit
imambic
short section
popular song
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈvɝs/
Etymology
From Middle English vers, from a mixture of Old English fers and Old French vers; both from Latin versus (“a line in writing, and in poetry a verse; (originally) row, furrow”), from vertō (“to turn around”).
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