3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Tetrameter \Te*tram"e*ter\, n. [L. tetrametrus, Gr. ?; te`tra- (see {Tetra-}) + ? a measure: cf. F. t['e]tram[`e]tre.] (GR. & Latin Pros.) A verse or line consisting of four measures, that is, in iambic, trochaic, and anapestic verse, of eight feet; in other kinds of verse, of four feet. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Verse \Verse\ (v[~e]rs), 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] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: tetrameter n : a verse line having four metrical feet
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