verse
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Is verse a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle Yes
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of verse?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (music) A portion of an anthem to be performed by a single voice to each part.countableuncountable
verb (English)
1. (obsolete) To compose verses.Examples: "It is not rhyming and versing that maketh a poet."obsolete
2. (transitive) To tell in verse, or poetry.Examples: "playing on pipes of corn and versing love"transitive
3. (transitive, figurative) to educate about, to teach about.Examples: "He versed us in the finer points of category theory."; "Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part.[…]Next day she[…]tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head. Then, thwarted, the wretched creature went to the police for help; she was versed in the law, and perhaps had spared no pains to keep on good terms with the local constabulary."figurativelytransitive
verb (English)
1. (colloquial, sometimes proscribed) To oppose, to compete against.Examples: "When teams play now they "verse" each other. "Who did you verse?" (Forget "whom". It's long dead.) "We're versing you next." Pity the Latin scholar who might feel the loss of "versus" more keenly than many."; "If you've got Onslaught let me know and I'll verse you."; "Ariel is worried for the race, because she is versing her best competitor, and she really wants to win."colloquialproscribedsometimes
Definition source: Wiktionary