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How to pronounce verse in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms rhyme
Type of poem, verse form
Has types clerihew, limerick, doggerel, doggerel verse, jingle
Derivation versify
Type Words
Synonyms verse line
Type of line
Has types octameter, decasyllable, pentameter, adonic, tetrameter, octosyllable, hexameter, adonic line, iambic
Derivation versify
Type Words
Synonyms poesy, poetry
Type of genre, writing style, literary genre
Has types heroic poetry, epos, epic poetry
Derivation versify
Type Words
Synonyms poetise, poetize, versify
Type of indite, pen, write, compose
Has types metrify, elegise, elegize, sonnet, spondaise, spondaize
Type Words
Type of familiarize, acquaint, familiarise


She versed herself in Roman archeology.

Examples of verse

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The chef shuffle is just one of the changes at work in the Farina-verse, though.
From the sfgate.com
Before there was spoken-word verse or poetry slams or hip-hop, there was Knight.
From the washingtonpost.com
I love it when people take a Scripture verse and misapply it in their ignorance.
From the dispatchpolitics.com
Callers to his cell phone hear a Bible verse while they wait for him to pick up.
From the sports.aol.com
The verse chorus verse chorus model is being jettisoned for new narrative forms.
From the npr.org
There is a verse in Timothy that says that all Scripture is for our edification.
From the scienceblogs.com
The Surah has been so designated after the word al-qadr in the very first verse.
From the en.wikipedia.org
As anyone who has read the Bible knows they use references to chapter and verse.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Broadcaster Charles Osgood, no stranger to verse, handles the rhyming narration.
From the usatoday.com
More examples
  • Compose verses or put into verse; "He versified the ancient saga"
  • Poetry: literature in metrical form
  • A piece of poetry
  • Familiarize through thorough study or experience; "She versed herself in Roman archeology"
  • A line of metrical text
  • (versed) intimate: thoroughly acquainted through study or experience; "this girl, so intimate with nature"-W.H.Hudson; "knowledgeable about the technique of painting"- Herbert Read
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  • Verse was a hardcore band from Providence, Rhode Island. They released three full-length albums and an EP on Rivalry and Bridge 9 Records and conducted a number of full U.S. tours. For most of its six-year history, Verse was a straight edge band.
  • The books of the Bible that are considered canonical number 24 for Jews, 66 for Protestants, 73 for Catholics, and 78 for most Orthodox Christians. ...