[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

verse \verse\ v~ers, n. oe. vers, as. fers, l. versus a
   line in writing, and, in poetry, a verse, from vertere,
   versum, to turn, to turn round; akin to e. worth to become:
   cf. f. vers. see worth to become, and cf. advertise,
   averse, controversy, convert, divers, invert,
   obverse, prose, suzerain, vortex.
   1. a line consisting of a certain number of metrical feet
      see foot, n., 9 disposed according to metrical rules.
      1913 webster

   note: verses are of various kinds, as hexameter,
         pentameter, tetrameter, etc., according to the
         number of feet in each. a verse of twelve syllables is
         called an alexandrine. two or more verses form a
         stanza or strophe.
         1913 webster

   2. metrical arrangement and language; that which is composed
      in metrical form; versification; poetry.
      1913 webster

            such prompt eloquence
            flowed from their lips in prose or numerous verse.
                                                  --milton.
      1913 webster

            virtue was taught in verse.           --prior.
      1913 webster

            verse embalms virtue.                 --donne.
      1913 webster

   3. a short division of any composition. specifically: 
      1913 webster
      a a stanza; a stave; as, a hymn of four verses.
          1913 webster

   note: although this use of verse is common, it is
         objectionable, because not always distinguishable from
         the stricter use in the sense of a line.
         1913 webster
      b script. one of the short divisions of the chapters
          in the old and new testaments.
          1913 webster

   note: the author of the division of the old testament into
         verses is not ascertained. the new testament was
         divided into verses by robert stephens or estienne, a
         french printer. this arrangement appeared for the first
         time in an edition printed at geneva, in 1551.
         1913 webster
      c mus. a portion of an anthem to be performed by a
          single voice to each part.
          1913 webster

   4. a piece of poetry. "this verse be thine." --pope.
      1913 webster

   blank verse, poetry in which the lines do not end in
      rhymes.

   heroic verse. see under heroic.
      1913 webster
see also:
worth advertise averse controversy convert divers 
invert obverse prose suzerain vortex 
foot hexameter pentameter tetrameter alexandrine 
blank verse heroic verse heroic 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

alexandrine \al`exan"drine\ ?; 277, a.
   belonging to alexandria; alexandrian. --bancroft.
   1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

alexandrine \al`exan"drine\, n. f. alexandrin.
   a kind of verse consisting in english of twelve syllables.
   1913 webster

         the needless alexandrine ends the song,
         that, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length
         along.                                   --pope.
   1913 webster

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

alexandrine
     n : a line of verse that has six iambic feet

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