Main Entry:

¹verse

Pronunciation:

\ˈvərs\

Function:

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 writing2 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: stanza4: one of the short divisions into which a chapter of the Bible is traditionally divided