Versify
(Ver"si*fy) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Versified ; p. pr. & vb. n. Versifying ] [OE. versifien, F. versifier,
L. versificare; versus a verse + -ficare to make. See Verse, and -fy.] To make verses.
I'll versify in spite, and do my best.
Dryden. Versify
(Ver"si*fy), v. t.
1. To relate or describe in verse; to compose in verse.
I'll versify the truth, not poetize.
Daniel. 2. To turn into verse; to render into metrical form; as, to versify the Psalms. Chaucer.
Version
(Ver"sion) n. [F., from L. vertere, versum, to turn, to change, to translate. See Verse.]
1. A change of form, direction, or the like; transformation; conversion; turning.
The version of air into water.
Bacon. 2. (Med.) A condition of the uterus in which its axis is deflected from its normal position without being
bent upon itself. See Anteversion, and Retroversion.
3. The act of translating, or rendering, from one language into another language.
4. A translation; that which is rendered from another language; as, the Common, or Authorized, Version
of the Scriptures (see under Authorized); the Septuagint Version of the Old Testament.
5. An account or description from a particular point of view, especially as contrasted with another account; as,
he gave another version of the affair.
Versionist
(Ver"sion*ist), n. One who makes or favors a version; a translator. [R.]
Verso
(Ver"so) n. [L. versus, p. p. of vertere to turn: cf. F. verso.] (Print.) The reverse, or left-hand,
page of a book or a folded sheet of paper; — opposed to recto.
Versor
(Ver"sor) n. [NL., fr. L. vertere, versus, to turn. See Version.] (Geom.) The turning factor of
a quaternion.
The change of one vector into another is considered in quaternions as made up of two operations; 1st,
the rotation of the first vector so that it shall be parallel to the second; 2d, the change of length so that
the first vector shall be equal to the second. That which expresses in amount and kind the first operation
is a versor, and is denoted geometrically by a line at right angles to the plane in which the rotation
takes place, the length of this line being proportioned to the amount of rotation. That which expresses
the second operation is a tensor. The product of the versor and tensor expresses the total operation,
and is called a quaternion. See Quaternion.
Quadrantal versor. See under Quadrantal.
Verst
(Verst) n. [Russ. versta: cf. F. verste.] A Russian measure of length containing 3,500 English
feet. [Written also werst.]
Versual
(Ver"su*al) a. Of or pertaining to a verse.
Versus
(||Ver"sus) prep. [L., toward, turned in the direction of, from vertere, versum, to turn. See Verse.]
Against; as, John Doe versus Richard Roe; — chiefly used in legal language, and abbreviated to v. or
vs.
