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A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave. Cowley found out that no kind of staff is proper for an heroic poem, as being all too lyrical. Dryden.

A number of lines or verses forming a division of a song or poem, and agreeing in meter, rhyme, number of lines, etc., with other divisions; a part of a poem, ordinarily containing every variation of measure in that poem; a combination or arrangement of lines usually recurring; whether like or unlike, in measure. Horac…

One versed in politics, or one who dabbles in state affairs.

A man versed in public affairs and in the principles and art of government; especially, one eminent for political abilities. The minds of some of our statesmen, like the pupil of the human eye, contract themselves the more, the stronger light there is shed upon them. More.

One versed in statistics; one who collects and classifies facts for statistics.

Same as Stela. One of these steles, containing the Greek version of the ordinance, has recently been discovered. I. Taylor (The Alphabet).

A verse, of whatever measure or number of feet.

t of the choral ode, sung during this movement. Also sometimes used of a stanza of modern verse. See the Note under Antistrophe.

Well versed in any branch of learning; qualified by study; learned; as, a man well studied in geometry. I shrewdly suspect that he is little studied of a theory of moral proportions. Burke.

To put in the place of another person or thing; to exchange. Some few verses are inserted or substituted in the room of others. Congreve.

In the Eucharist, the versicles immediately before the preface, inviting the people to join in the service by "lifting up the heart" to God.

specially, a flatterer of princes and great men. A sycophant will everything admire: Each verse, each sentence, sets his soul on fire. Dryden.

Pertaining to a symbology; versed in, or characterized by, symbology.

One who practices, or who is versed in, symbology.

Of or pertaining to Syria, or its language; as, the Syriac version of the Pentateuch. -- n.

The coupling together of different feet; as, in Greek verse, an iambic syzygy.

One versed in tactics; hence, a skillful maneuverer; an adroit manager.

One versed in the Talmud; one who adheres to the teachings of the Talmud.

ike tamaric in the desert, and he shall not see when good shall come. Jer. xvii. 6 (Douay version).

The writer of a Targum; one versed in the Targums.