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verse

3 ENTRIES FOUND:

2verse

verb
versedvers·ing

Definition of VERSE

intransitive verb
: to make verse : versify
transitive verb
1
: to tell or celebrate in verse
2
: to turn into verse

First Known Use of VERSE

before 12th century

Other Literature Terms

apophasis, bathos, bildungsroman, bowdlerize, caesura, coda, doggerel, euphemism, poesy, prosody

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