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单词 versing
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versingn.

/ˈvəːsɪŋ/
Etymology: < verse v.1 + -ing suffix1.
The action or practice of writing verse; an instance of this; the art or science of verse-making.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > [noun] > art or practice of poetry
poesyc1390
makinga1393
rhymingc1405
metringc1425
metrificationc1450
versifyingc1450
rhythming1582
poetrya1586
versinga1586
metredom1592
versification1603
the gay science1693
versemanship1762
rhymery1822
bard-craft1840
poeticism1847
poetism1848
poetics1851
poetics1851
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. G3 That which gyueth greatest scope.., is ryming and versing.
1616 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals II. i. 9 For well it seemes in versing he hath skill.
1633 G. Herbert Flower in Temple vi I once more smell the dew and rain, And relish versing.
1644 J. Bulwer Chirologia Aiijv Physick and Versing in his flaming Chaire Plac'd Phoebus, and bestow'd that blazing Haire.
1856 A. Manning Tasso & Leonora 46 Charmed with his smooth versings.
1874 M. Collins Transmigr. II. ix. 162 The man who can..relish versing has nothing much the matter with his..psychical health.
1892 S. A. Brooke Hist. Early Eng. Lit. I. vii. 146 He had before him some ancient versings of the fight.
attributive.a1657 G. Daniel Poems (1878) II. 51 What mad men are wee of the versing trade!
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

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ˈversing
ˈversing adj.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > [adjective] > composing verse
rhyming1566
rhythmical1567
versifying1580
versing1630
rhythmopoetic1865
1630 J. Taylor Pennyles Pilgrimage in All Wks. i. 125/1 My versing Muse craues some repose, And whilst she sleeps Ile spowt a little prose.
1665 J. Spencer Disc. Vulgar Prophecies 55 I should..throw out the vast rabble of rhyming, clinching, versing Prophets, as persons that tell the worst lies in the best maner.
extracted from versev.1
versing
versing n. Cant Obsolete
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [noun]
defraudc1450
defraudationc1503
fraudingc1530
defrauding1548
cheateryc1555
cheatingc1555
versing1591
begeckc1600
sharking1602
shaving1606
rooking1635
defraudment1645
emunging1664
prowlerya1670
bilking1687
sharping1692
mace1742
fineering1765
swindling1769
highway robbery1777
macing1811
flat-catching1821
ramping1830
swindlery1833
rigging1846
diddlinga1849
suck-in1856
daylight robbery1863
cooking1873
bunco-steering1875
chousing1881
fiddling1884
verneukery1896
padding1900
verneukering1900
bobol1907
swizzle1913
ramp1915
swizz1915
chizzing1948
tweedling1975
1591 R. Greene Notable Discouery of Coosenage f. 8 Versing Law. Coosenage by false gold.
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n.a1586
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