verse

  1. Noun.  A poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme.
  2. Noun.  Poetic form in general.
  3. Noun.  One of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed.
  4. Noun.  A section of the Jewish or Christian Bible corresponding to a sentence in the original.(fact, Christian Bible verses do not seem to necessarily correspond to sentences.) .
  5. Verb.  To educate about, to teach about.
  6. Verb.  (obsolete) To compose verses.
  7. Verb.  (colloquial) To oppose, to be an opponent for, as in a game, contest or battle.

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