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| ver·si·fy [ vúrssə f ] (past and past participle ver·si·fied, present participle ver·si·fy·ing, 3rd person present singular ver·si·fies) |
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1. transitive verb change prose into poetry: to turn prose into verse, e.g. by introducing rhyme and a metrical structure
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2. transitive verb tell story in poetry: to recount something in verse
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3. intransitive verb write poetry: to compose verse
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| [14th century. Via French< Latin versificare "make verses" < versus "line" (see verse1)] |
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