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 or versed sine.

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Examples

  • 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 2006

  • 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

  • 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

  • "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

  • "Mrs. Crewe was vastly taken with the last 'vers' you left on her dressing-table."

    Richard Carvel — Volume 06 Winston Churchill 1909

  • "Mrs. Crewe was vastly taken with the last 'vers' you left on her dressing-table."

    Richard Carvel — Complete Winston Churchill 1909

  • 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

  • Français · Tunisie: 1er mai, vers une meilleure éthique du travail

    Global Voices in English » Tunisia: Call to Embrace Work Ethics on Labour Day 2009

  • 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

  • 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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