Found 4 items, similar to Verse.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: verse ayat
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: verse ayat, bait, baris, sajak
English → English (WordNet) Definition: verse verse n 1: literature in metrical form [syn: poetry, poesy] 2: a piece of poetry [syn: rhyme] 3: a line of metrical text [syn: verse line] v 1: compose verses or put into verse; “He versified the ancient saga” [syn: versify, poetize, poetise] 2: familiarize through thorough study or experience; “She versed herself in Roman archeology”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Verse Verse \Verse\, n. [OE. vers, AS. fers, L. versus a line in writing, and, in poetry, a verse, from vertere, versum, to turn, to turn round; akin to E. worth to become: cf. F. vers. See Worth to become, and cf. Advertise, Averse, Controversy, Convert, Divers, Invert, Obverse, Prose, Suzerain, Vortex.] 1. A line consisting of a certain number of metrical feet (see Foot, n., 9) disposed according to metrical rules. [1913 Webster] Note: Verses are of various kinds, as hexameter, pentameter, tetrameter, etc., according to the number of feet in each. A verse of twelve syllables is called an Alexandrine. Two or more verses form a stanza or strophe. [1913 Webster] 2. Metrical arrangement and language; that which is composed in metrical form; versification; poetry. [1913 Webster] Such prompt eloquence Flowed from their lips in prose or numerous verse. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Virtue was taught in verse. --Prior. [1913 Webster] Verse embalms virtue. --Donne. [1913 Webster] 3. A short division of any composition. Specifically: [1913 Webster] (a) A stanza; a stave; as, a hymn of four verses. [1913 Webster] Note: Although this use of verse is common, it is objectionable, because not always distinguishable from the stricter use in the sense of a line. [1913 Webster] (b) (Script.) One of the short divisions of the chapters in the Old and New Testaments. [1913 Webster] Note: The author of the division of the Old Testament into verses is not ascertained. The New Testament was divided into verses by Robert Stephens [or Estienne], a French printer. This arrangement appeared for the first time in an edition printed at Geneva, in 1551. [1913 Webster] (c) (Mus.) A portion of an anthem to be performed by a single voice to each part. [1913 Webster] 4. A piece of poetry. “This verse be thine.” --Pope. [1913 Webster] Blank verse, poetry in which the lines do not end in rhymes. Heroic verse. See under Heroic. [1913 Webster] Verse \Verse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Versed; p. pr. & vb. n. Versing.] To tell in verse, or poetry. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Playing on pipes of corn and versing love. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Verse \Verse\, v. i. To make verses; to versify. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] It is not rhyming and versing that maketh a poet. --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]