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versify

Verb (usu participle)

ver=si=fy

WORDNET DICTIONARY

versify(v = verb.creation) poetise, poetize, verse - compose verses or put into verse; "He versified the ancient saga"

is one way to compose, indite, pen, write

Derived forms noun verse₂, noun verse₃, noun verse₁, noun versification₃, noun versification₂, noun versification₁, noun versifier₁

Sample sentence:
Did he versify his major works over a short period of time?

versify, v. i. [OE. versifien, F. versifier, L. versificare; versus a verse + -ficare to make. See Verse, and -fy.].

To make verses. [1913 Webster]

"I'll versify in spite, and do my best." [1913 Webster]

versify, v. t.

To relate or describe in verse; to compose in verse. [1913 Webster]
"I'll versify the truth, not poetize." [1913 Webster]
To turn into verse; to render into metrical form; as, to versify the Psalms. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

versify, v. (-ies, -ied)
1 tr. turn into or express in verse.
2 intr. compose verses.

Derivative

versification n. versifier n.

Etymology

ME f. OF versifier f. L versificare (as VERSE)

VB poetize, sing, versify, make verses, rhyme, scan.

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