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Webster 1913 Edition

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.

Webster 1828 Edition

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.

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