versify

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to compose poetry or write in verse

   She would versify whenever ordinary prose felt too plain.

2. 2
   verb

   to turn a prose text or subject into verse

   The playwright tried to versify the old legend for the stage.

From Middle English versifien and Old French versifier, ultimately from Latin versificare, 'to make verse.' The Latin verb combines versus, 'a line of verse,' with facere, 'to make.'

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