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Found 1 definition: versify.

Pos: Verb (usu participle)

[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Verb versify has 1 senses

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

[CIDE DICTIONARY]

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.

1. To relate or describe in verse; to compose in verse. [1913 Webster]
"I'll versify the truth, not poetize." [1913 Webster]

2. To turn into verse; to render into metrical form; as, to versify the Psalms. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

[OXFORD DICTIONARY]

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)

[ROGET DICTIONARY]

Poetry

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