versus.html - prep.
against (esp. in legal and sports use).

Abbr.: v., vs. [L, = towards, in med.L against]

versus.html - prep.
against (esp. in legal and sports use).

Abbr.: v., vs. [L, = towards, in med.L against]

versus.html - n.
irregular or unrhymed verse in which the traditional rules of prosody are disregarded. [F, = free verse]

versus.html - n.
1 the extent of land sloping in one direction.
2 the general slope of land. [F f. verser f. L versare frequent. of vertere vers- turn]

versus.html - adj.
1 turning easily or readily from one subject or occupation to another; capable of dealing with many subjects (a versatile mind).
2 (of a device etc.) having many uses.
3 Bot. & Zool. moving freely about or up and down on a support (versatile antenna).
4 archaic changeable, inconstant.

versatilely adv. versatility n. [F versatile or L versatilis (as VERSANT)]

versus.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 a metrical composition in general (wrote pages of verse). b a particular type of this (English verse).
2 a a metrical line in accordance with the rules of prosody. b a group of a definite number of such lines. c a stanza of a poem or song with or without refrain.
3 each of the short numbered divisions of a chapter in the Bible or other scripture.
4 a a versicle. b a passage (of an anthem etc.) for solo voice.

--v.

tr.
1 express in verse.
2 (usu. refl.; foll. by in) instruct; make knowledgeable.

verselet n. [OE fers f. L versus a turn of the plough, a furrow, a line of writing f. vertere vers- turn: in ME reinforced by OF vers f. L versus]