[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.
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   2. metrical arrangement and language; that which is composed
      in metrical form; versification; poetry.
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            such prompt eloquence
            flowed from their lips in prose or numerous verse.
                                                  --milton.
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            virtue was taught in verse.           --prior.
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            verse embalms virtue.                 --donne.
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   3. a short division of any composition. specifically: 
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      a a stanza; a stave; as, a hymn of four verses.
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   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.
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      b script. one of the short divisions of the chapters
          in the old and new testaments.
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   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.
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      c mus. a portion of an anthem to be performed by a
          single voice to each part.
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   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

blank \blank\, a. oe. blank, blonc, blaunc, blaunche, fr. f.
   blanc, fem. blanche, fr. ohg. blanch shining, bright, white,
   g. blank; akin to e. blink, cf. also as. blanc white. ?98.
   see blink, and cf. 1st blanch.
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   1. of a white or pale color; without color.
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            to the blank moon
            her office they prescribed.           --milton.
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   2. free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty
      space to be filled in with some special writing; -- said
      of checks, official documents, etc.; as, blank paper; a
      blank check; a blank ballot.
      1913 webster

   3. utterly confounded or discomfited.
      1913 webster

            adam . . . astonied stood, and blank. --milton.
      1913 webster

   4. empty; void; without result; fruitless; as, a blank space;
      a blank day.
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   5. lacking characteristics which give variety; as, a blank
      desert; a blank wall; destitute of interests, affections,
      hopes, etc.; as, to live a blank existence; destitute of
      sensations; as, blank unconsciousness.
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   6. lacking animation and intelligence, or their associated
      characteristics, as expression of face, look, etc.;
      expressionless; vacant. "blank and horror-stricken faces."
      --c. kingsley.
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            the blank . . . glance of a half returned
            consciousness.                        --g. eliot.
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   7. absolute; downright; unmixed; as, blank terror.
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   blank bar law, a plea put in to oblige the plaintiff in
      an action of trespass to assign the certain place where
      the trespass was committed; -- called also common bar.
      

   blank cartridge, a cartridge containing no ball.

   blank deed. see deed.

   blank door, or blank window arch., a depression in a
      wall of the size of a door or window, either for
      symmetrical effect, or for the more convenient insertion
      of a door or window at a future time, should it be needed.
      

   blank indorsement law, an indorsement which omits the
      name of the person in whose favor it is made; it is
      usually made by simply writing the name of the indorser on
      the back of the bill.

   blank line print., a vacant space of the breadth of a
      line, on a printed page; a line of quadrats.

   blank tire mech., a tire without a flange.

   blank tooling. see blind tooling, under blind.

   blank verse. see under verse.

   blank wall, a wall in which there is no opening; a dead
      wall.
      1913 webster
see also:
blink blanch blank bar common bar blank cartridge blank deed 
deed blank door blank window blank indorsement blank line 
blank tire blank tooling blind tooling blind blank verse 
verse blank wall 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

blank verse
     n : unrhymed verse usually in iambic pentameter

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