Definition of versify Versify

ver•si•fy

We found 8 definitions of versify from 4 different sources.

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What does versify mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Verb

versify - compose verses or put into verse; "He versified the ancient saga"
  verse, poetize, poetise
  indite, pen, compose, write put together out of existing material; "compile a list"
  poesy, poetry, verse literature in metrical form
  metrify compose in poetic meter; "The bard metrified his poems very precisely"
  spondaise, spondaize make spondaic; "spondaize verses"
  elegise, elegize compose an elegy
  sonnet compose a sonnet
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • versify (Verb)
    To make or compose verses.
  • versify (Verb)
    To tell in verse; deal with in verse form.
  • versify (Verb)
    To turn prose into poetry; rewrite in verse form.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • versify (v. i.)
    To make verses.
  • versify (v. t.)
    To relate or describe in verse; to compose in verse.
  • versify (v. t.)
    To turn into verse; to render into metrical form; as, to versify the Psalms.

Part of speech

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  • versify, verb, present, 1st person singular of versify (infinitive).
  • versify, verb (infinitive).

Pronunciation

Sign Language

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