Versify

//ˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪfaɪ// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    to make or compose verses ambitransitive

    "I'll versify in spite, and do my best."

  2. 2
    compose verses or put into verse wordnet
  3. 3
    to tell in verse; deal with in verse form intransitive
  4. 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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