metrify

[ me-truh-fahy ]

verb (used with object),met·ri·fied, met·ri·fy·ing.

to put into meter; compose in verse.

Origin of metrify

1515–25; <French métrifier<Medieval Latin metrificāre, equivalent to metri- (combining form of metrummeter²) + -ficāre-fy

Other words from metrify

met·ri·fi·er, noun
un·met·ri·fied, adjective

Words Nearby metrify

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British Dictionary definitions for metrify

metrify

/ (ˈmɛtrɪˌfaɪ) /

verb-fies, -fying or -fied

(tr) prosody to render into poetic metre

Derived forms of metrify

metrifier, noun

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