versed
[ vurst ]
/ vɜrst /
adjective
experienced; practiced; skilled; learned (usually followed by in): She was well versed in Greek and Latin.
Origin of versed
OTHER WORDS FROM versed
un·versed, adjectiveWords nearby versed
versailles, treaty of,
versal,
versant,
versatile,
verse,
versed,
versed sine,
verset,
versicle,
versicolor,
versicolour
Definition for versed (2 of 2)
Origin of verse
SYNONYMS FOR verse
1
Verse,
stanza,
strophe,
stave are terms for a metrical grouping in poetic composition.
Verse is often mistakenly used for
stanza, but is properly only a single metrical line. A
stanza is a succession of lines (verses) commonly bound together by a rhyme scheme, and usually forming one of a series of similar groups that constitute a poem:
The four-line stanza is the one most frequently used in English.
Strophe (originally the section of a Greek choral ode sung while the chorus was moving from right to left) is in English poetry practically equivalent to “section”; a
strophe may be unrhymed or without strict form, but may be a stanza:
Strophes are divisions of odes.
Stave is a word (now seldom used) that means a stanza set to music or intended to be sung:
a stave of a hymn; a stave of a drinking song.
4–6 See
poetry.
OTHER WORDS FROM verse
un·der·verse, nounWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH verse
verses versusExample sentences from the Web for versed
British Dictionary definitions for versed (1 of 2)
versed
/ (vɜːst) /
adjective
(postpositive foll by in)
thoroughly knowledgeable (about), acquainted (with), or skilled (in)
British Dictionary definitions for versed (2 of 2)
Word Origin for verse
Old English
vers, from Latin
versus a furrow, literally: a turning (of the plough), from
vertere to turn
Cultural definitions for versed
verse
A kind of language made intentionally different from ordinary speech or prose. It usually employs devices such as meter and rhyme, though not always. Free verse, for example, has neither meter nor rhyme. Verse is usually considered a broader category than poetry, with the latter being reserved to mean verse that is serious and genuinely artistic.
Idioms and Phrases with versed
verse
see chapter and verse.