| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| NOUN: | Verse composed of variable, usually unrhymed lines having no fixed metrical pattern. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Translation of French vers libre : vers, verse + libre, free.
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