1. (n.) A line consisting of a certain number of metrical feet (see Foot, n., 9) disposed according to metrical rules.

2. (n.) Metrical arrangement and language; that which is composed in metrical form; versification; poetry.

3. (n.) A short division of any composition.

4. (n.) A stanza; a stave; as, a hymn of four verses.

5. (n.) One of the short divisions of the chapters in the Old and New Testaments.

6. (n.) A portion of an anthem to be performed by a single voice to each part.

7. (n.) A piece of poetry.

8. (v. t.) To tell in verse, or poetry.

9. (v. i.) To make verses; to versify.