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verse
verse /vɜːs $ vɜːrs/ noun
 Date: 900-1000
 Language: Old French
 Origin: vers, from Latin versus 'turning, verse', from vertere 'to turn'
1. [countable] a set of lines that forms one part of a song, poem, or a book such as the Bible or the Quran (Koran):
    Let’s sing the last verse again.
    Learn the first two verses of the poem by heart.
    Genesis chapter 3, verse 13
2. [uncountable] words arranged in the form of poetry:
    a book of comic verse
    in verse
    Written in verse, the play was set in the Middle Ages.