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n. செய்யுள், யாப்புமுறை, யாப்பு, கவிதை நடை, செய்யுள் வரி, பாட்டு, செய்யுள் பத்தி, செய்யுட் பகுதி, கவிதை ஏடு, விவிலிய ஏட்டுச் சிறுகூறு, திருக்கோயிலிசையில் ஒருகுரற் பாடகர் பாடற் பகுதி, சிறுபா, திருக்கோயில் வஸீபாட்டுப் பாசுரத்தின் ஒருமுறைப் படிப்பு வாசகம், (வி.) பாடல் இயற்று, செய்யுள் செய், செய்யுளாகப் பாட்டில் தெரிவி.v. நன்கு பழக்கு.


Verse, n. Etym: [OE. vers, AS. fers, L. versus a line in writing, and, in poetry, a verse, from vertere, versum, to turn, to turn round; akin to E. worth to become: cf. F. vers. See Worth to become, and cf. Advertise, Averse, Controversy, Convert, Divers, Invert, Obverse, Prose, Suzerain, Vortex.] 1. A line consisting of a certain number of metrical feet (see Foot, n., 9) disposed according to metrical rules. Note: Verses are of various kinds, as hexameter, pentameter, tetrameter, etc., according to the number of feet in each. A verse of twelve syllables is called an Alexandrine. Two or more verses form a stanza or strophe. 2. Metrical arrangement and language; that which is composed in metrical form; versification; poetry. Such prompt eloquence Flowed from their lips in prose or numerous verse. Milton. Virtue was taught in verse. Prior. Verse embalms virtue. Donne. 3. A short division of any composition. Specifically: -- (a) A stanza; a stave; as, a hymn of four verses. Note: Although this use of verse is common, it is objectionable, because not always distinguishable from the stricter use in the sense of a line. (b) (Script.) One of the short divisions of the chapters in the Old and New Testaments. Note: The author of the division of the Old Testament into verses is not ascertained. The New Testament was divided into verses by Robert Stephens [or Estienne], a French printer. This arrangement appeared for the first time in an edition printed at Geneva, in 1551. (c) (Mus.) A portion of an anthem to be performed by a single voice to each part. 4. A piece of poetry. "This verse be thine." Pope. Blank verse, poetry in which the lines do not end in rhymes. -- Heroic verse. See under Heroic. Verse, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Versed; p. pr. & vb. n. Versing.] Defn: To tell in verse, or poetry. [Obs.] Playing on pipes of corn and versing love. Shak. Verse, v. i. Defn: To make verses; to versify. [Obs.] It is not rhyming and versing that maketh a poet. Sir P. Sidney. Verse, n. Etym: [OE. vers, AS. fers, L. versus a line in writing, and, in poetry, a verse, from vertere, versum, to turn, to turn round; akin to E. worth to become: cf. F. vers. See Worth to become, and cf. Advertise, Averse, Controversy, Convert, Divers, Invert, Obverse, Prose, Suzerain, Vortex.] 1. A line consisting of a certain number of metrical feet (see Foot, n., 9) disposed according to metrical rules. Note: Verses are of various kinds, as hexameter, pentameter, tetrameter, etc., according to the number of feet in each. A verse of twelve syllables is called an Alexandrine. Two or more verses form a stanza or strophe. 2. Metrical arrangement and language; that which is composed in metrical form; versification; poetry. Such prompt eloquence Flowed from their lips in prose or numerous verse. Milton. Virtue was taught in verse. Prior. Verse embalms virtue. Donne. 3. A short division of any composition. Specifically: -- (a) A stanza; a stave; as, a hymn of four verses. Note: Although this use of verse is common, it is objectionable, because not always distinguishable from the stricter use in the sense of a line. (b) (Script.) One of the short divisions of the chapters in the Old and New Testaments. Note: The author of the division of the Old Testament into verses is not ascertained. The New Testament was divided into verses by Robert Stephens [or Estienne], a French printer. This arrangement appeared for the first time in an edition printed at Geneva, in 1551. (c) (Mus.) A portion of an anthem to be performed by a single voice to each part. 4. A piece of poetry. "This verse be thine." Pope. Blank verse, poetry in which the lines do not end in rhymes. -- Heroic verse. See under Heroic. Verse, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Versed; p. pr. & vb. n. Versing.] Defn: To tell in verse, or poetry. [Obs.] Playing on pipes of corn and versing love. Shak. Verse, v. i. Defn: To make verses; to versify. [Obs.] It is not rhyming and versing that maketh a poet. Sir P. Sidney.


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