VERSE

n. v.

7 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

A line consisting of a certain number of metrical feet (see Foot, n., 9) disposed according to metrical rules.

2.
n.

Metrical arrangement and language; that which is composed in metrical form; versification; poetry. Such prompt eloquence Flowed from their lips in prose or numerous verse. Milton. Virtue was taught in verse. Prior. Verse embalms virtue. Donne.

3.
n.

A short division of any composition. Specifically: --

4.
n.

A stanza; a stave; as, a hymn of four verses.

5.
n.

A piece of poetry. "This verse be thine." Pope. Blank verse, poetry in which the lines do not end in rhymes. -- Heroic verse. See under Heroic.

6.
v.

To tell in verse, or poetry. [Obs.] Playing on pipes of corn and versing love. Shak.

7.
v.

To make verses; to versify. [Obs.] It is not rhyming and versing that maketh a poet. Sir P. Sidney.

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