Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of writing verse.
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- verb Present participle of
verse .
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Examples
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This may not interest you even more than the above, but I have also been relishing versing.
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Will perhaps relish versing, and I have three stories coming along to nurse.
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But one mother in uniform is versing -- is fighting the U.S. military right now.
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Moreover he robed him and gave him gifts, and ceased not con versing with him until night approached.
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These were the assumptions behind literary study for a very long time, as neatly expressed by Sidney:It is not ryming and versing that maketh a Poet . . . but it is that faining notable images of vertues, vices, or what els, with that delightfull teaching, which must be the right describing note to know a Poet by.
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These were the assumptions behind literary study for a very long time, as neatly expressed by Sidney:It is not ryming and versing that maketh a Poet . . . but it is that faining notable images of vertues, vices, or what els, with that delightfull teaching, which must be the right describing note to know a Poet by.
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You know, versing is, you know, how much did the rate adjust to save in order to make it worth your while to refinance?
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I saw a game with them, but I don't know who they were versing ...
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When versing the black car, remember that the first is a warmup lap...
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I have noticed one thing, there seems to be a lot of "B"s versing "S"s.
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Today I learned that "verse" is becoming an English verb, as in "the Canadiens are versing the Maple Leafs tonight," evidently by misinterpretation of the preposition versus as a verb *verses.
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bilby commented on the word versing
Some people were having an argument on Twitter about (mainly young people's) use of versing as a verb meaning to compete against.
May 24, 2017
bilby commented on the word versing
About 'versing' they've just drawn their quills
for 10 rounds of grammar Nazi spills
though I like me a donnybrook
I have to say that in my book
'verse' can go in a hearse to landfills
May 24, 2017
qms commented on the word versing
The Wordie affliction's a curse;
Indifference, however, is worse.
How blessed the infection
That raises objection
And moves gentle bilby to verse.
May 24, 2017
ruzuzu commented on the word versing
Epic.
May 24, 2017
HeyokaHeyokha commented on the word versing
Verstorying (Versing a Story)
"Spoken",
Said old Thoth,
Ol' Thoth has a beak.
Beak a tongue and no teeth.
Beak tooth, only two teeth.
Thoth. Tooth. Thoth Though.
Beak Speak. Caw. Caw. Caw.
Parrotts have beaks,
And parrots speak.
Oxen (Bulls) Push & Pull,
Fly & Walk Parrot/Ox,
Paradox, as the parrot talks.
Min, (A Moon), Amen, AmenRå.
Setting Sun. Rising Moon.
Caw. Caw. Caw.
May 24, 2017
madmouth commented on the word versing
In the context of classroom pidgin, my wee students routinely used "versus" as a verb. Is the takeaway that the youf just love verbs more than other people?
May 24, 2017