# versing

Pronunciation: say "VURS-ing" US /ˈvɝsɪŋ/, UK /ˈvɜːsɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of verse. — present participle and gerund of verse
   - Simple: The -ing form of verse. Use it after is, was, or keep, or as a noun for the activity.
   - _She was versing the legend for a children's anthology when the war broke out._
   - _Years of versing herself in the archives made her the obvious choice for the post._

## Noun

2. A poem; a rendering of a subject in verse.
   - Simple: A poem, or a piece of writing put into verse.
   - _The chronicler seems to have known an earlier versing of the siege, now lost._
   - _Frost's versings on home and hearth are less comforting than they first appear._

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