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Definition of "versify" []

  • To change from prose into metrical form. (verb-transitive)
  • To treat or tell in verse: versify stories from the Bible. (verb-transitive)
  • To write verses. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "versify" in a sentence
  • "It doesn't take genius to versify a literal translation."
  • "She also inspires poets to versify pointless incidents from their everyday lives."
  • "A litany of lies he will versify with reverences for God and the flag and democracy, when just what he and his party are doing to our democracy is choking the life out of it."