See also: Verse, versé, versë, 'verse, and -verse

EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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).

NounEdit

verse (countable and uncountable, plural verses)

  1. A poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme.
    Synonym: poetry
    Restoration literature is well known for its carefully constructed verse.
  2. Poetic form in general.
    The restrictions of verse have been steadily relaxed over time.
  3. One of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed.
    Synonym: stanza
    Note the shift in tone between the first verse and the second.
  4. A small section of a holy book (Bible, Quran etc.)
    Holonym: chapter
  5. (music) A portion of an anthem to be performed by a single voice to each part.
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VerbEdit

verse (third-person singular simple present verses, present participle versing, simple past and past participle versed)

  1. (obsolete) To compose verses.
  2. (transitive) To tell in verse, or poetry.
  3. (transitive, figurative) to educate about, to teach about.
    He versed us in the finer points of category theory.
    • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 4293071:
      Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part. [] Next day she [] tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head. Then, thwarted, the wretched creature went to the police for help; she was versed in the law, and had perhaps spared no pains to keep on good terms with the local constabulary.

Etymology 2Edit

Back-formation from versus, misconstrued as a third-person singular verb verses.

VerbEdit

verse (third-person singular simple present verses, present participle versing, simple past and past participle versed)

  1. (colloquial, sometimes proscribed) To oppose, to compete against, especially in a video game.
    Verse him, G!
    • 2007 March 26, Nick Green, “Being illiterate and innumerate shouldn’t shame anyone”, in Sydney Morning Herald[1]:
      When teams play now they "verse" each other. "Who did you verse?" (Forget "whom". It's long dead.) "We're versing you next." Pity the Latin scholar who might feel the loss of "versus" more keenly than many.
    • 2009 August 11, CrazyGunner [username], “Verse me on Onslaught”, in Nintendo Life[2]:
      If you've got Onslaught let me know and I'll verse you.
    • 2020 April 9, AgentPigeon122 [username], “The Graphic Organizer Information”, in Course Hero[3]:
      Ariel is worried for the race, because she is versing her best competitor, and she really wants to win.

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AfrikaansEdit

NounEdit

verse

  1. plural of vers

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

verse

  1. Inflected form of vers

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EtruscanEdit

RomanizationEdit

verse

  1. Romanization of 𐌅𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌄

FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

verse (plural verses)

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NounEdit

verse f (plural verses)

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Derived termsEdit

VerbEdit

verse

  1. inflection of verser:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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HungarianEdit

EtymologyEdit

vers +‎ -e (possessive suffix)

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɛrʃɛ]
  • Hyphenation: ver‧se

NounEdit

verse

  1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of vers

DeclensionEdit

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative verse
accusative versét
dative versének
instrumental versével
causal-final verséért
translative versévé
terminative verséig
essive-formal verseként
essive-modal verséül
inessive versében
superessive versén
adessive versénél
illative versébe
sublative versére
allative verséhez
elative verséből
delative verséről
ablative versétől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
verséé
non-attributive
possessive - plural
versééi

LatinEdit

ParticipleEdit

verse

  1. vocative masculine singular of versus

Middle EnglishEdit

NounEdit

verse

  1. Alternative form of vers

PortugueseEdit

VerbEdit

verse

  1. inflection of versar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

RomanianEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

verse

  1. third-person singular/plural present subjunctive of vărsa

SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbeɾse/ [ˈbeɾ.se]
  • Rhymes: -eɾse
  • Syllabification: ver‧se

VerbEdit

verse

  1. infinitive of ver combined with se
  2. inflection of versar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative