Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation versed sine
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A verse or verses. See
verse , n.
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- adjective Abbreviation of
versatile . - noun Abbreviation of
versine orversed sine .
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Examples
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These ‘Metres by E.’ composed a collection of soft and marvellously musical rhymes, of a nature known as the vers de societe.
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The gayest of the group is Sir John Suckling, the writer of what should be called vers de société, a more careless but more fanciful Prior.
Introduction. Grierson, Herbert J.C Herbert J.C. Grierson 1921
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These 'Metres by E.' composed a collection of soft and marvellously musical rhymes, of a nature known as the vers de societe.
The Hand of Ethelberta Thomas Hardy 1884
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"Mrs. Crewe was vastly taken with the last 'vers' you left on her dressing-table."
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909
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"Mrs. Crewe was vastly taken with the last 'vers' you left on her dressing-table."
Richard Carvel — Volume 06 Winston Churchill 1909
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"Mrs. Crewe was vastly taken with the last 'vers' you left on her dressing-table."
Richard Carvel — Complete Winston Churchill 1909
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Its merits, however, exactly fitted it for the purpose which it was for the most part intended for; namely, as what are called vers de soci ` et ` e. "
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 Horace Walpole 1757
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Français · Tunisie: 1er mai, vers une meilleure éthique du travail
Global Voices in English » Tunisia: Call to Embrace Work Ethics on Labour Day 2009
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Jean François Guichard: Contes et fables, suivis de quelques mots de Piron, mis en vers, par Jean François Guichard (This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1808 edition by Léopold Collin, Paris.)
French Word-A-Day: 2010
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Jean François Guichard: Contes et fables, suivis de quelques mots de Piron, mis en vers, par Jean François Guichard (This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1808 edition by Léopold Collin, Paris.)
French Word-A-Day: 2009
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