trans|verse — «trans VURS, tranz ; TRANS vurs, TRANZ », adjective, noun. –adj. 1. lying or passing across; placed crosswise; crossing from side to side: »transverse beams. 2. Geometry. of or having to do with the axis of a conic section that passes through the … Useful english dictionary
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trans — trans·abdominal; trans·ac·ci·den·ta·tion; trans·acetylase; trans·ac·tion; trans·ac·tion·al; trans·ac·tor; trans·admittance; trans·am·i·nase; trans·am·i·na·tion; trans·an·i·ma·tion; trans·an·nu·lar; trans·border; trans·ca·lent; trans·callosal;… … English syllables
verse — ad·verse·ly; boule·verse·ment; di·verse; di·verse·ly; di·verse·ness; mul·ti·verse; om·ni·verse; per·verse; per·verse·ly; per·verse·ness; plu·ri·verse; ren·verse; ren·verse·ment; ret·ro·verse; re·verse·ly; re·verse·ment; ter·gi·verse;… … English syllables
Alliterative verse — The Old English epic poem Beowulf is written in alliterative verse. In prosody, alliterative verse is a form of verse that uses alliteration as the principal structuring device to unify lines of poetry, as opposed to other devices such as rhyme.… … Wikipedia
Aeolic verse — is a classification of Ancient Greek lyric poetry referring to the distinct verse forms characteristic of the two great poets of Archaic Lesbos, Sappho and Alcaeus, who composed in their native Aeolic dialect. These verse forms were taken up and… … Wikipedia
goliardic verse — With the rise of the medieval university system, secular learning also gained in importance. Many student scholars who had to learn the Latin language and ancient Roman literature turned to imitating the love poetry by Horace, Propertius, and… … Encyclopedia of medieval literature
society verse — light, graceful, entertaining poetry considered as appealing to polite society. [trans. of F vers de société] * * * society verse, light, graceful poetry. ╂[translation of French vers de société] … Useful english dictionary
society verse — light, graceful, entertaining poetry considered as appealing to polite society. [trans. of F vers de société] * * * … Universalium
gnomic verse — The term gnomic (meaning “sententious” or “aphoristic”) was originally applied to ancient Greek poets like Solon and Theognis, who wrote short moralistic poems in the sixth century B.C.E. By extension, it has been applied to similar kinds of… … Encyclopedia of medieval literature
