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versette

versette is the alternative form of verset.

Meaning of verset

Noun

verset (plural versets)

  1. A very short organ interlude or prelude.
  2. (obsolete) A 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

Forms of versette

pluralversettes

Origin of versette

From verse + -ette.

Questions about versette

What is versette the alternative form of?
Versette is the alternative form of verset.

Words near versette in the dictionary

  1. versesmith
  2. versesmiths
  3. verset
  4. versetamide
  5. versets
  6. versette
  7. versettes
  8. versewright
  9. versewrights
  10. Vershire
  11. vershki

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Adapted from Wiktionary: versette (page history and authors); verset (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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