verse an them (vers an them)

In Eng. church music, an anthem for soloists as con IMG:content-1799.png:[blocks in formation] Many of the verse - tales are bright and spirited, and even pathos and melancholy are tempered by a certain quiet sometimes satirical - humour. The Academy , Oct. 12, 1889, p. 232. versicle (vėr'si-kl), n. [ versiculus , a little verse, dim. of versus , a verse: see verse2 .] A little verse; specifically, in liturgics , one of a succe ion of short verses said or sung alternately by the officiant and choir or people; especially, the verse said by the officiant or leader as distinguished from the response (R) of the choir or congregation. See verse , 2 (b). The name of the versicles is sometimes given distinctively to the versicles and responses ( preces ) after the creed at morning and evening prayer in the Anglican Church. The liturgical sign of the versicle, used in prayer-books, is V. Doe it for thy name, Doe it for thy goodne e, for thy couenant, thy law, thy glory, ., in seuerall versicles . Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 198. The Gloria Patri was composed by the Nicene Council, the latter versicle by St. Jerome. Jer. Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), II. 255. trasted with a full anthem, which is for a cho versicolor, versicolour (ver'si-kul-or), a. [ rus. The term is also applied to an anthem that begins with a pa age for solo voices. verse-colored (vèrs'kul"ord), a. sicolor. Same as ver versed (vèrst), a. [ They were very well versed in the politer parts of learning, and had travelled into the most refined nations of Europe. Add is on, Ancient Medals, i. He is admirably well versed in screws, springs, and hinges, and deeply read in knives, combs, or sci ors, but tons, or buckles. Steele , Tatler, No. 142. He seemed to be a man more than ordinarily versed in the use of astronomical instruments. Bruce, Source of the Nile, I. 255. Versed in all the arts which win the confidence and affection of youth. L. versicolor, versicolor us, that changes its color, Chains, girdles, rings, versicolour ribands. Burton, Anat. of Mel., p. 478. 2. Changeable in color, as the chameleon; glancing different hues or tints in different lights; iridescent; sheeny. Also versicolor ate. Also verse - colored, vers i colored, versicolor ous. versicolor ate (ver-si-kul'or-at), a. [ color + -ous.] Same as versicolor. Macaulay, Hist. Eng., vi. 2. Turned; turned over. - Versed sine, supple verselet (versʻlet), n. [ mental versed sine. See sine2. Moreover, he wrote weak little verselets , like very-much diluted Words worth, abounding in pa ages quotable for Academy pictures of bread-and-butter children. E. Yates , Broken to Harne , xxi. verse-maker (vèrs'mā"ker), n. One who writes verses; a rimer. Boswell .