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verse | midverse |

As a noun verse

is dew, dampness.

As an adjective midverse is

during a verse.

As an adverb midverse is

during a verse.

verse

English

Etymology 1

Partly from (etyl) vers; partly, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme.
  • Poetic form in general.
  • One of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed.
  • A small section of the Jewish or Christian Bible.
    • Derived terms
    * blank verse * free verse
    Related terms
    * versification * versify

    Verb

    (vers)
  • (obsolete) To compose verses.
  • * Sir (Philip Sidney) (1554-1586)
    • It is not rhyming and versing that maketh a poet.
  • To tell in verse, or poetry.
  • * (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
    • playing on pipes of corn and versing love

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    (vers)
  • to educate about, to teach about.
  • * , chapter=22
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part.

    Etymology 3

    Back-formation from versus, misconstrued as a third-person singular verb *verses .

    Verb

    (vers)
  • (colloquial) To oppose, to be an opponent for, as in a game, contest or battle.

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    midverse

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • During a verse.

    • Adverb

    (-)
  • During a verse.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=February 4, author=Kelefa Sanneh, title=Friends, Feuds, Yelps, Sobs and a Swedish Nightingale, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=This is the project led by Brendan Fowler, who talks and yelps and mumbles and doesn’t quite rap his songs in real time, reserving the right to change his mind midverse , or to fixate on a phrase and repeat it. }}