1. имя существительное 1) [литературоведение] а) стих (стихотворная строка) б) стих, (стихотворный) размер Синоним(ы): stanza, strophe 2) поэзия, стихи Например: lyrical verse — лирические стихи rhymed / rhyming verse — рифмованная поэзия in verse or prose — в стихах или в прозе expressed in verse — выраженный в стихах, стихотворный to cite / give / quote chapter and verse — точно указать источник цитирования to compose / write verse — писать стихи to recite verses — декламировать стихи Синоним(ы): poetry 3) [библеистика] стих Например: chapter and verse — глава и стих 2. глагол 1) писать, сочинять стихи 2) выражать в стихах, перелагать в стихотворную форму
I. noun Etymology: Middle English vers, fers, from Anglo-French vers and Old English fers, both from Latin versus, literally, turning, from vertere to turn — more at worth 1. a line of metrical writing 2. a. (1) metrical language (2) metrical writing distinguished from poetry especially by its lower level of intensity (3) poetry 2 b. poem c. a body of metrical writing (as of a period or country) 3. stanza 4. one of the short divisions into which a chapter of the Bible is traditionally divided II. verb (versed; versing) intransitive verb to make verse; versify transitive verb 1. to tell or celebrate in verse 2. to turn into verse III. transitive verb (versed; versing) Etymology: back-formation from versed, from Latin versatus, past participle of versari to be active, be occupied (in), passive of versare to turn to familiarize by close association, study, or experience Example: well versed in the theater