"versify" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪfaɪ/ Forms: versifies [present, singular, third-person], versifying [participle, present], versified [participle, past], versified [past]
Etymology: From Middle English versifien, from Old French versifier, learned borrowing from Latin versificāre, present active infinitive of versificō (“versify”), from versus (see verse) + faciō (“make”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|versifien}} Middle English versifien, {{der|en|fro|versifier}} Old French versifier, {{der|en|la|versificāre}} Latin versificāre, {{m|la|versificō||versify}} versificō (“versify”), {{m|la|versus}} versus, {{m|en|verse}} verse, {{m|la|faciō||make}} faciō (“make”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} versify (third-person singular simple present versifies, present participle versifying, simple past and past participle versified)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) to make or compose verses Tags: intransitive, transitive Translations (transitive: to make or compose verses): نَظَمَ (naẓama) (Arabic), քերթել (kʿertʿel) (Armenian), пиша стихове (piša stihove) (Bulgarian), ლექსების წერა (leksebis c̣era) (Georgian), versifien (Middle English), versar (Portuguese), versejar (Portuguese), versificar (Portuguese), versifica (Romanian), віршува́ти (viršuváty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-versify-en-verb-88y2-zqh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 41 45 Disambiguation of 'transitive: to make or compose verses': 92 5 3
  2. (intransitive) to tell in verse; deal with in verse form Tags: intransitive Translations (intransitive: to tell in verse; deal with in verse form): ლექსების წერა (leksebis c̣era) (Georgian), versar (Portuguese), versejar (Portuguese), versificar (Portuguese), віршува́ти (viršuváty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-versify-en-verb-4KdOP0M2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 41 45 Disambiguation of 'intransitive: to tell in verse; deal with in verse form': 3 88 8
  3. (intransitive) to turn (prose) into poetry; rewrite in verse form Tags: intransitive Translations (intransitive: to turn prose into poetry; rewrite in verse form): გალექსვა (galeksva) (Georgian), versifizieren (German), versar (Portuguese), versejar (Portuguese), versificar (Portuguese), versifiera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-versify-en-verb-uND97HZm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 41 45 Disambiguation of 'intransitive: to turn prose into poetry; rewrite in verse form': 3 13 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: versifier

Inflected forms

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      "word": "ლექსების წერა"
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      "word": "გალექსვა"
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