versify

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versify - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Versify \Ver"si*fy\, v. 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.
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           I'll versify in spite, and do my best.   --Dryden.
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  Versify \Ver"si*fy\, v. t.
     1. To relate or describe in verse; to compose in verse.
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              I'll versify the truth, not poetize.  --Daniel.
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     2. To turn into verse; to render into metrical form; as, to
        versify the Psalms. --Chaucer.
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versify - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  versify
      v 1: compose verses or put into verse; "He versified the ancient
           saga" [syn: verse, versify, poetize, poetise]