Verse

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A piece of poetry.

II. Verse ·vt To tell in verse, or poetry.

III. Verse ·noun A short division of any composition.

IV. Verse ·noun A stanza; a stave; as, a hymn of four verses.

V. Verse ·vi To make verses; to Versify.

VI. Verse ·noun A portion of an anthem to be performed by a single voice to each part.

VII. Verse ·noun One of the short divisions of the chapters in the Old and New Testaments.

VIII. Verse ·noun Metrical arrangement and language; that which is composed in metrical form; versification; poetry.

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