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12 Ιουλ 2021 · verse. (n.) late Old English (replacing Old English fers, an early West Germanic borrowing directly from Latin), "line or section of a psalm or canticle," later "line of poetry" (late 14c.), from Anglo-French and Old French vers "line of verse; rhyme, song," from Latin versus "a line, row, line of verse, line of writing," from PIE root *wer- (2
- Français (French)
The Negroes say that in form their old songs usually consist...
- Versailles
Versailles. place outside Paris, of uncertain origin;...
- Poetry
poetry. (n.). late 14c., poetrie, "poetry, composition in...
- Neck-Verse
"that part of an animal body between the head and the trunk...
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12 Οκτ 2024 · verse (third-person singular simple present verses, present participle versing, simple past and past participle versed) ( obsolete ) To compose verses. a. 1587 (date written), Phillip Sidney [ i.e. , Philip Sidney ], An Apologie for Poetrie.
There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb verse, four of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
The earliest known use of the noun verse is in the Old English period (pre-1150). It is also recorded as a verb from the Old English period (pre-1150). verse is a word inherited from Germanic. See etymology.
27 Σεπ 2024 · Etymology. [edit] Aphetic form of universe. Noun. [edit] 'verse (plural 'verses) (fandom slang) The (fictional) universe in which the TV series Firefly is set. Clipping of universe. Hypernyms. [edit] Whedonverse. Anagrams. [edit] reves, serve, sever, veers. Categories: English aphetic forms. English lemmas. English nouns. English countable nouns.
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