Versify

Ver′si-fy

,

Verb.

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.

Ver′si-fy

,

Verb.

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.

Versify

VERS'IFY

,

Verb.

I.

To make verses.

I'll versify in spite, and do my best.

VERS'IFY

, v.t.

1.

To relate or describe in verse.

I'll versify the truth.

2.

To turn into verse; as, to versify the Psalms.

versify

English

Verb

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

(transitive, intransitive) to make or compose verses
- Dryden
  I'll versify in spite, and do my best.
(intransitive) to tell in verse; deal with in verse form
(intransitive) to turn (prose) into poetry; rewrite in verse form