verse¹ /vûrs/

1. Poetry as opposed to prose
2. A line of metre
3. A metrical composition, form, or work
4. Versification
5. A stanza
6. A short division of a chapter, esp of the Bible
7. A portion of an anthem to be performed by a single voice to each part
8. A versicle

To versify

verseˈlet noun

1. A little verse
2. A short poem

verˈser noun

A writer of verse

verˈsicle noun

1. A little verse
2. In liturgy, the verse said by the officiant

versicˈūlar adjective

Of or in verse

verˈsing noun

The composing of verse

verseˈ-maker noun

verseˈ-making noun

verseˈ-man noun (archaic)

A writer of verse

verseˈ-monger noun

A scribbler of verses

verseˈ-mongering noun

verseˈ-smith noun

A writer of verse

free verse see under free

transverse² /tranz-vûrsˈ, tränz-/

To turn from prose into verse

transverˈsion /-shən/ noun

versed¹ /vûrst/

Thoroughly acquainted, skilled (with in)

verse transitive verb

To make conversant (with in)

• ingeniousness
• ingeniousnesses
• lobulation
• lobulations
• lobule
• lobules
• lobuli
• lobulus
• lobus
• lobworm
• lobworms
• lo-cal
• local
• local action
• local anaesthesia
• local anaesthetic
• local anaesthetics
• local area network
• local area networks
• local authorities
• local authority
• local call
• local calls
• local colour
• locale