versify en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪfaɪ/
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wert- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-etor Proto-Indo-European *wértetor Proto-Italic *wertō Latin vertō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin versus Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Latin versifico Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Latin versificarelbor. Old French versifierbor. Middle English versifien English versify From Middle English versifien, from Old French versifier, learned borrowing from Latin versificāre (“versify”), from versus (see verse) + faciō (“make”).
Meanings
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(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:
- (transitive) to tell in verse; deal with in verse form
- (transitive) to turn (prose) into poetry; rewrite in verse form
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| versifying | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| versified | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| versified | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| versifies | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (28)
pt versificar (transitive: to tell in verse; deal with in verse form) · cs zbásnit (transitive: to tell in verse; deal with in verse form) · ka ლექსების წერა (transitive: to tell in verse; deal with in verse form) · cs zbásnit (transitive: to turn prose into poetry; rewrite in verse form) · cs zveršovat (transitive: to turn prose into poetry; rewrite in verse form) · cs zveršovat (transitive: to tell in verse; deal with in verse form) · ar نَظَمَ (ambitransitive: to make or compose verses) · pt versar (ambitransitive: to make or compose verses) · cs veršovat (transitive: to turn prose into poetry; rewrite in verse form) · uk віршува́ти (transitive: to tell in verse; deal with in verse form) · bg пиша стихове (ambitransitive: to make or compose verses) · pt versejar (transitive: to turn prose into poetry; rewrite in verse form) · pt versar (transitive: to tell in verse; deal with in verse form) · cs veršovat (ambitransitive: to make or compose verses) · pt versejar (transitive: to tell in verse; deal with in verse form) · ro versifica (ambitransitive: to make or compose verses) · cs veršovat (transitive: to tell in verse; deal with in verse form) · ka ლექსების წერა (ambitransitive: to make or compose verses) · uk віршува́ти (ambitransitive: to make or compose verses) · pt versar (transitive: to turn prose into poetry; rewrite in verse form) · ka გალექსვა (transitive: to turn prose into poetry; rewrite in verse form) · enm versifien (ambitransitive: to make or compose verses) · pt versejar (ambitransitive: to make or compose verses) · pt versificar (ambitransitive: to make or compose verses) · de versifizieren (transitive: to turn prose into poetry; rewrite in verse form) · hy քերթել (ambitransitive: to make or compose verses) · pt versificar (transitive: to turn prose into poetry; rewrite in verse form) · sv versifiera (transitive: to turn prose into poetry; rewrite in verse form)