different between versifier vs versification

English

Etymology

From Middle English versifiour, from Old French versifieor; equivalent to versify +? -er.

Noun

versifier (plural versifiers)

1. One who versifies.
2. (derogatory) An inferior poet.

Hypernyms

• poet

Translations

Anagrams

• verifiers

French

Etymology

Loaned from Old French versifier, from Latin versific?, versific?re (“put into verse”), from versus (“verse”) + faci?, facere (“make”).

Verb

versifier

1. to versify

Conjugation

Further reading

• “versifier” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle English

Noun

versifier

1. (Late Middle English) Alternative form of versifiour

Old French

Verb

versifier

1. to versify, to compose verses

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

• English: versify
• French: versifier

English

Etymology

verse +? -ification

Noun

versification (countable and uncountable, plural versifications)

1. (poetry) The act, art, or practice of composing poetic verse; the construction or measure of verse or poetry; metrical composition.
2. (biblical) The process by which the books of the Bible were divided into verses; a particular way of dividing biblical books into verses

Related terms

Translations

References

• versification in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• verifications

French

Etymology

From versifier

Pronunciation

Noun

versification f (plural versifications)

1. versification