Word Meanings - VERSET - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A verse. Milton.

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• VERSET
  A verse. Milton.
• VERSEMAN
  See PRIOR
• VERSEMONGER
  A writer of verses; especially, a writer of commonplace poetry; a poetaster; a rhymer; -- used humorously or in contempt.
• VERSED
  Acquainted or familiar, as the result of experience, study, practice, etc.; skilled; practiced. Deep versed in books and shallow in himself. Milton. Opinions . . . derived from studying the Scriptures, wherein he was versed beyond any person of
• MILTONIAN
  Miltonic. Lowell.
• MILTONIC
  Of, pertaining to, or resembling, Milton, or his writings; as, Miltonic prose.
• VERSE
  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, 1. A line consisting of a certain number
• VERSER
  A versifier. B. Jonson.
• CONTROVERSER
  A disputant.
• REVERSED
  Annulled and the contrary substituted; as, a reversed judgment or decree. Reversed positive or negative , a picture corresponding with the original in light and shade, but reversed as to right and left. Abney. (more info) 1. Turned side for side,
• AVERSENESS
  The quality of being averse; opposition of mind; unwillingness.
• RENVERSEMENT
  A reversing.
• TRAVERSE
  Lying across; being in a direction across something else; as, paths cut with traverse trenches. Oak . . . being strong in all positions, may be better trusted in cross and traverse work. Sir H. Wotton. The ridges of the fallow field traverse.
• INTERTRANSVERSE
  Between the transverse processes of the vertebræ.
• UNIVERSE
  All created things viewed as constituting one system or whole; the whole body of things, or of phenomena; the mundus of the Latins; the world; creation. How may I Adore thee, Author of this universe And all this good to man! Milton. (more info)
• INVERSE
  Inverted; having a position or mode of attachment the reverse of that which is usual. (more info) 1. Opposite in order, relation, or effect; reversed; inverted; reciprocal; -- opposed to direct.
• AVERSE
  1. Turned away or backward. The tracks averse a lying notice gave, And led the searcher backward from the cave. Dryden. 2. Having a repugnance or opposition of mind; disliking; disinclined; unwilling; reluctant. Averse alike to flatter, or offend.
• OVERSET
  1. To turn or tip over from an upright, or a proper, position so that it lies upon its side or bottom upwards; to upset; as, to overset a chair, a coach, a ship, or a building. Dryden. 2. To cause to fall, or to tail; to subvert; to overthrow;
• TRAVERSER
  One who traverses, or denies. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, traverses, or moves, as an index on a scale, and the like.
• TRANSVERSELY
  In a transverse manner.
• OBVERSELY
  In an obverse manner.
• OVERSEERSHIP
  The office of an overseer.
• OVERSELL
  1. To sell for a higher price than; to exceed in selling price. One whose beauty Would oversell all Italy. Beau. & Fl. 2. To sell beyond means of delivery. Oversold market , a market in which stocks or commodities have been sold "short" to such
• PERVERSENESS
  The quality or state of being perverse. "Virtue hath some perverseness." Donne.
• OVERSEA
  Beyond the sea; foreign.
• RENVERSE; RENVERSE
  Reversed; set with the head downward; turned contrary to the natural position.