versify
verb/ˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪfaɪ/
Etymology From Middle English versifien, from Old French versifier, learned borrowing from Latin versificāre (“versify”), from versus (see verse) + faciō (“make”).
1
Ambitransitive to make or compose verses
- I'll versify in spite, and do my best.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: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:
2
to tell in verse; deal with in verse form
3
to turn (prose) into poetry; rewrite in verse form
- Derived terms
- versifier