Definition of verse

• n. - A line consisting of a certain number of metrical feet (see Foot, n., 9) disposed according to metrical rules.
• n. - Metrical arrangement and language; that which is composed in metrical form; versification; poetry.
• n. - A short division of any composition.
• n. - A stanza; a stave; as, a hymn of four verses.
• n. - One of the short divisions of the chapters in the Old and New Testaments.
• n. - A portion of an anthem to be performed by a single voice to each part.
• n. - A piece of poetry.
• v. t. - To tell in verse, or poetry.
• v. i. - To make verses; to versify.