vers

Middle English

/vɛrs/

noun
Definitions
  • A line or passage of a text or work:
  • A larger portion of a text or work:
  • Verse, poetry; the poetic form and art as a whole.
  • (rare) A syllable as a poetic unit.
  • (rare) An array of objects.

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French vers inherited from Old English fers derived from Latin versus (against, verse, turned, line, changed, row, toward, a line in writing, line of writing, facing, and in poetry a verse, having been turned, slope, towards, furrow).

Origin

Latin

versus

Gloss

against, verse, turned, line, changed, row, toward, a line in writing, line of writing, facing, and in poetry a verse, having been turned, slope, towards, furrow

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Property

Kanji

線

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