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A poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme.

Example: Restoration literature is well known for its carefully constructed verse.

Poetic form in general.

Example: The restrictions of verse have been steadily relaxed over time.

One of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed.

Example: Note the shift in tone between the first verse and the second.

A small section of the Jewish or Christian Bible.

To compose verses.

To tell in verse, or poetry.

To educate about, to teach about.

Example: He versed us in the finer points of category theory.

To oppose, to compete against, especially in a video game.

Example: Verse him, G!