† by-versen.
Obsolete.
A verse that passes current, a rhymed saw or maxim.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > [noun] > in verse
by-verse1655
motto1824
1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. xv. 130 The Dutchmen have a by-Verse amongst them to this effect.
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n.1655- to stand in little stead
- to stand in need
- to stand in no service
- to stand in no stead
- to stand in one's own light
- to stand in one's stockings
- to stand in one's way
- to stand in print
- to stand in service
- to stand in state
- to stand in stead
- to stand in stead of a person
- to stand in store
- to stand in super
- to stand in terms
- to stand in the breach
- to stand in the gap
- to stand in the stead of a person
- to stand in the way
- to stand in the way of
- to stand in the way of a person
- to stand in the way of a thing
- to stand in this
- to stand in wax for
- to stand in witness