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A verse or verses. See Verse. [Obs.] "Ten vers or twelve." Chaucer.

See Society verses, under Society.

The quality or state of being versable. [R.] Sterne

Capable of being turned. [R.]

Versability. [R.]

Universal. [Obs. or Colloq.] Shak.

Familiar; conversant. [R.] Men not versant with courts of justice. Sydney Smith.

Liable to be turned in opinion; changeable; variable; unsteady; inconstant; as versatile disposition.

The quality or state of being versatile; versatileness.

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.

or familiar, as the result of experience, study, practice, etc.; skilled; practiced. Deep versed in books and shallow in himself. Milton. Opinions . . . derived from studying the Scriptures, wherein he was versed beyond any person of his age. Southey. These men were versed in the details of business. Macaulay.…

Same as Versemonger. Prior.

A writer of verses; especially, a writer of commonplace poetry; a poetaster; a rhymer; -- used humorously or in contempt.

A versifier. B. Jonson.

A verse. [Obs.] Milton.

A little verse; especially, a short verse or text said or sung in public worship by the priest or minister, and followed by a response from the people. The psalms were in number fifteen, . . . being digested into versicles. Strype.

Having various colors; changeable in color. "Versicolor, sweet- smelling flowers." Burton.

Of or pertaining to verses; designating distinct divisions of a writing.

The act, art, or practice, of versifying, or making verses; the construction of poetry; metrical composition.

A versifier. [R.] "The best versificator next Virgil." Dryden.