versify

ver·si·fy (vûr

-f

)

v. ver·si·fied, ver·si·fy·ing, ver·si·fies

v.tr.

1. To change from prose into metrical form.

2. To treat or tell in verse: versify stories from the Bible.

v.intr.

To write verses.

[Middle English versifien, from Old French versifier, from Latin versificre : versus, verse; see verse¹ + -ficre, -fy.]

versi·fi·cation (-f

-k

n) n.

versi·fier n.

versify

Verb

[-fies, -fying, -fied]

1. to put (something) into verse

2. to write in verse [Latin versus verse + facere to make]

versification n
versifier n

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Verb

versify - compose verses or put into verse; "He versified the ancient saga"

poesy, poetry, verse - literature in metrical form

indite, pen, write, compose - produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"

metrify - compose in poetic meter; "The bard metrified his poems very precisely"

spondaise, spondaize - make spondaic; "spondaize verses"

elegise, elegize - compose an elegy

sonnet - compose a sonnet

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