Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - verse
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Verse
verse
~ n 1 a set of lines that forms one part of a song (Let's sing the last verse again.) (- compare chorus1 (1)) 2 a set of lines of poetry that forms one part of a poem, and that usually has a pattern that is repeated in the other parts (Learn the first two verses of the poem.) 3 words arranged in the form of poetry (a book of comic verse) (- compare prose, - see also blank verse, free verse) 4 one of the numbered groups of sentences that make up each chapter (=numbered part) of a book of the Bible (- see also give/quote chapter and verse chapter (5))
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(verses) 1. Verse is writing arranged in lines which have rhythm and which often rhyme at the end. I have been moved to write a few lines of verse. = poetry N-UNCOUNT see also blank verse 2. A verse is one of the parts into which a poem, a song, or a chapter of the Bible or the Koran is divided. This verse describes three signs of spring... N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English vers, fers, from Anglo-French vers & Old English fers, both from Latin versus, literally, turning, from vertere to turn — more at worth Date: before 12th century 1. a line of metrical writing 2. a. (1) metrical language (2) metrical writing distinguished from poetry especially by its lower level of intensity (3) poetry 2 b. poem c. a body of metrical writing (as of a period or country) 3. stanza 4. one of the short divisions into which a chapter of the Bible is traditionally divided II. verb (~d; versing) Date: before 12th century intransitive verb to make ~ ; versify transitive verb 1. to tell or celebrate in ~ 2. to turn into ~ III. transitive verb (~d; versing) Etymology: back-formation from ~d, from Latin versatus, past participle of versari to be active, be occupied (in), passive of versare to turn Date: 1599 to familiarize by close association, study, or experience well ~d in the theater ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 a metrical composition in general (wrote pages of verse). b a particular type of this (English verse). 2 a a metrical line in accordance with the rules of prosody. b a group of a definite number of such lines. c a stanza of a poem or song with or without refrain. 3 each of the short numbered divisions of a chapter in the Bible or other scripture. 4 a a versicle. b a passage (of an anthem etc.) for solo voice. --v.tr. 1 express in verse. 2 (usu. refl.; foll. by in) instruct; make knowledgeable. Derivatives verselet n. Etymology: OE fers f. L versus a turn of the plough, a furrow, a line of writing f. vertere vers- turn: in ME reinforced by OF vers f. L versus ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. стих. стихотворная строка; стих a stanza of six verses —- строфа из шести стихов (строк) 2. стих. размер; форма стиха iambic verse —- ямбический стих, ямб blank verse —- белый стих 3. строфа a poem of five verses —- стихотворение из пяти строф 4. стихи, поэзия prose and verse —- проза и поэзия written in verse —- написанный стихами 5. стихотворение 6. библ. стих chapter and verse —- глава и стих to give chapter and verse for smth. —- указать подробности в отношении чего-л. (дела, утверждения, обвинения и т. п.) 7. писать стихи (также to verse it) 8. выражать в стихах; придавать стихотворную форму to verse one's love —- изливать свою любовь в стихах 9. интересоваться чем-л., изучать что-л. he versed himself in the theatre —- он хорошо изучил театр ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) строфа; стих 2) стихи, поэзия; in verse or prose - в стихах или в прозе; lyrical verse - лирическая поэзия Syn: see poetry 2. v. 1) писать стихи 2) выражать в стихах ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 12c., "line or section of a psalm or canticle," later "line of poetry" (c.1369), from Anglo-Fr. and O.Fr. vers, from L. versus "verse, line of writing," from PIE *wert-. The metaphor is of plowing (vertere "to turn"), of turning from one line to another as a plowman does. O.E. had fers, an early W.Gmc. borrowing directly from L. The English N.T. first divided fully into verses in the Geneva version (1551). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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