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English Dictionary: versify by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
versify
v
  1. compose verses or put into verse; "He versified the ancient saga"
    Synonym(s): verse, versify, poetize, poetise
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Versify \Ver"si*fy\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Versified}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Versifying}.] [OE. versifien, F. versifier, L.
      versificare; versus a verse + -ficare to make. See {Verse},
      and {-fy}.]
      To make verses.
  
               I'll versify in spite, and do my best.   --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Versify \Ver"si*fy\, v. 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 Psalms. --Chaucer.
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