verset

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UK/ˈvɜːsɪt/UK/ˈvɜːsət/US/ˈvɚsɪt/US/ˈvɚsət/

noun

A very short organ interlude or prelude.

OriginMiddle English verset ← Old French verset →
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Meanings

nounverset (plural versets)

plural versets

  1. entertainmentA very short organ interlude or prelude.
  2. obsoleteA verse.

    Remon[strant]. Were the impoſition amiſſe, what is that to the people? Anſw[er]. Not a little, becauſe they beare an equall part with the Prieſt in many places, and have their cues and verſets as well as he.

    1641, [John Milton], Animadversions upon the Remonstrants Defence against Smectymnuus, London: […] [Richard Oulton and Gregory Dexter] for Thomas Vnderhill, […], →OCLC, page 26

Origin

  1. Old Frenchverset
  2. Middle Englishverset
  3. Englishverset

From Middle English verset, from Old French verset; equivalent to verse + -et.

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Cite this entry
APA

verset. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/verset

MLA

“verset.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/verset. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “verset,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/verset.

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