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Webster 1913 Edition
Versify
Ver′si-fy
,Verb.
T.
1.
To relate or describe in verse; to compose in verse.
I'll
versify
the truth, not poetize. Daniel.
2.
To turn into verse; to render into metrical form;
as, to
. versify
the PsalmsChaucer.
Webster 1828 Edition
Versify
VERS'IFY
,Verb.
I.
I'll versify in spite, and do my best.
VERS'IFY
, v.t.1.
To relate or describe in verse.I'll versify the truth.
2.
To turn into verse; as, to versify the Psalms.Definition 2024
versify
versify
English
Verb
versify (third-person singular simple present versifies, present participle versifying, simple past and past participle versified)
- (transitive, intransitive) to make or compose verses
- Dryden
- I'll versify in spite, and do my best.
- Dryden
- (intransitive) to tell in verse; deal with in verse form
- (intransitive) to turn (prose) into poetry; rewrite in verse form
Derived terms
Translations
transitive: to make or compose verses
intransitive: to tell in verse; deal with in verse form
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intransitive: to turn prose into poetry; rewrite in verse form
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