versify

From Middle English versifien, from Old French versifier, learned borrowing from Latin versificāre, present active infinitive of versificō (“versify”), from versus (see verse) + faciō (“make”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪfaɪ/

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

1. (transitive, intransitive) to make or compose verses
   • 1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The First Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […] Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. […], London: Printed for Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:

     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

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