Thesaurus: verse

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1. n. A line consisting of a certain number of metrical feet (see Foot, n., 9) disposed according to metrical rules.
2. n. Metrical arrangement and language; that which is composed in metrical form; versification; poetry.
3. n. A short division of any composition.
4. n. A stanza; a stave; as, a hymn of four verses.
5. n. One of the short divisions of the chapters in the Old and New Testaments.
6. n. A portion of an anthem to be performed by a single voice to each part.
7. n. A piece of poetry.
8. v. t. To tell in verse, or poetry.
9. v. i. To make verses; to versify.
10. n. literature in metrical form
11. n. a piece of poetry
12. n. a line of metrical text