Versify
//ˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪfaɪ// verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 to make or compose verses ambitransitive
"I'll versify in spite, and do my best."
- 2 compose verses or put into verse wordnet
- 3 to tell in verse; deal with in verse form intransitive
- 4 to turn (prose) into poetry; rewrite in verse form intransitive
Example
More examples"I'll versify in spite, and do my best."
Etymology
From Middle English versifien, from Old French versifier, learned borrowing from Latin versificāre (“versify”), from versus (see verse) + faciō (“make”).
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