English Dictionary: versify | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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. |