versify

[ vur-suh-fahy ]

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verb (used with object),ver·si·fied, ver·si·fy·ing.

to relate, describe, or treat (something) in verse.
to convert (prose or other writing) into metrical form.

verb (used without object),ver·si·fied, ver·si·fy·ing.

to compose verses.

Origin of versify

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English versifien, from Old French versifier, from Latin versificāre; see verse, -ify

Other words from versify

ver·si·fi·er, noun
un·ver·si·fied, adjective

Words Nearby versify

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How to use versify in a sentence

We shall endeavour to versify it, à la Patmore, conceiving that its issue is very similar to that of his story of “The River.”
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 | Various
His powers were cramped by the fetters of metre, and his attempts to versify even rich thought and deep feeling were puerile.
Library Of The World's Best Literature, Ancient And Modern, Vol 3 | Various
And here another, which would versify into a fine horrible ballad—as grand and ghastly as Alfred Tennyson's "Sisters:"
The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 | Various
Then he would versify as much strange information as he could remember; that might take a few months.
The Epic | Lascelles Abercrombie
You are obliged to talk like a bourgeois, and versify like one.
The Quest | Frederik van Eeden

British Dictionary definitions for versify

versify

/ (ˈvɜːsɪˌfaɪ) /

verb-fies, -fying or -fied

(tr) to render (something) into metrical form or verse
(intr) to write in verse

Origin of versify

C14: from Old French versifier, from Latin versificāre, from versus verse + facere to make

Derived forms of versify

versifier, noun

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