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metrify

[ me-truh-fahy ]

verb (used with object)

, met·ri·fied, met·ri·fy·ing.
  1. to put into meter; compose in verse.


metrify

/ ˈmɛtrɪˌfaɪ /

verb

  1. tr prosody to render into poetic metre
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈmetriˌfier, noun
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Other Words From

  • metri·fier noun
  • un·metri·fied adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of metrify1

1515–25; < French métrifier < Medieval Latin metrificāre, equivalent to metri- (combining form of metrum meter 2 ) + -ficāre -fy

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