versify
verb/ˈvɜːsɪfaɪ/
/ˈvɜːrsɪfaɪ/
[intransitive, transitive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they versify | /ˈvɜːsɪfaɪ/ /ˈvɜːrsɪfaɪ/ |
| he / she / it versifies | /ˈvɜːsɪfaɪz/ /ˈvɜːrsɪfaɪz/ |
| past simple versified | /ˈvɜːsɪfaɪd/ /ˈvɜːrsɪfaɪd/ |
| past participle versified | /ˈvɜːsɪfaɪd/ /ˈvɜːrsɪfaɪd/ |
| -ing form versifying | /ˈvɜːsɪfaɪɪŋ/ /ˈvɜːrsɪfaɪɪŋ/ |
- versify (something) to write something in verseWord Originlate Middle English: from Old French versifier, from Latin versificare, from versus ‘a turn of the plough, a furrow, a line of writing’, from vertere ‘to turn’.
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