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versify

English

Etymology

From Middle English versifien, from Old French versifier, learned borrowing from Latin versific?re, present active infinitive of versific? (versify), from versus (see verse) + faci? (make).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?v??(?)s?fa?/

Verb

versify (third-person singular simple present versifies, present participle versifying, simple past and past participle versified)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to make or compose verses
    • I'll versify in spite, and do my best.
  2. (intransitive) to tell in verse; deal with in verse form
  3. (intransitive) to turn (prose) into poetry; rewrite in verse form

Derived terms

  • versifier

Translations

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versification

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

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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

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