Noun The epic tale was written in verse. The second verse is sung the same way as the first.
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But today’s fashion TikTok-verse seems bland in comparison to its early days, and so do the trends that have flourished from there. Frances Solá-santiago, refinery29.com, 5 Sep. 2022 Moreover, this series — which, based on early footage, looks unquestionably breathtaking — draws on aspects of the Tolkien-verse that exist mostly in the appendixes of The Lord of the Rings books. Andy Meek, BGR, 1 Sep. 2022 With plans for more Army-verse stories, the question remains if Emmanuel’s Gwen will get to reunite with Schweighöfer’s Dieter, something Thieves set up. Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Aug. 2022 Any last words for the SPIN-verse? Find the yee to your haw, not the hell to your naw! Spin Staff, SPIN, 25 Aug. 2022 With Dreezy already on board to write in Shawna's voice, PineappleCITI worked on both Mia's verse and the hook. Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 19 Aug. 2022 That film ended with each of the Peters Parker returning to their own respective corners of the multiverse, but that isn't to say that there's no way for Garfield to reappear, either in the MCU or in Sony's separate Spidey-verse. Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 18 Aug. 2022 Then on the last verse and chorus of the song, one of our co-workers came onstage and draped a white mink over Ronald. Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 10 Aug. 2022 With just Clifford, his guitar and approximately 6,000 Hoosiers to sing alongside him, the first verse and chorus of the song felt like an intimate shared moment before the rest of the band joined in.The Indianapolis Star, 16 July 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English vers, fers, in part borrowed from Anglo-French vers, verse in part going back to Old English fers, both borrowed from Latin versus "furrow, measure of land, row, line, line of writing, line of metrical writing," action noun derived from vertere "to cause to turn, rotate," — more at worth entry 1
Verb
Middle English versen, in part verbal derivative of vers, fersverse entry 1 in part going back to Old English fersian "to versify," verbal derivative of fersverse entry 1
First Known Use
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1