"versify" meaning in English

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Verb

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 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 (kʻertʻel) (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)
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  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)
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  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)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: versifier

Inflected forms

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  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "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: Printed for Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "I'll versify in spite, and do my best.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to make or compose verses"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "transitive",
          "transitive"
        ],
        [
          "intransitive",
          "intransitive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, intransitive) to make or compose verses"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to tell in verse; deal with in verse form"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to tell in verse; deal with in verse form"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to turn (prose) into poetry; rewrite in verse form"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "prose",
          "prose"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to turn (prose) into poetry; rewrite in verse form"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪfaɪ/"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "naẓama",
      "sense": "transitive: to make or compose verses",
      "word": "نَظَمَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "kʻertʻel",
      "sense": "transitive: to make or compose verses",
      "word": "քերթել"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "piša stihove",
      "sense": "transitive: to make or compose verses",
      "word": "пиша стихове"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "leksebis c̣era",
      "sense": "transitive: to make or compose verses",
      "word": "ლექსების წერა"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "transitive: to make or compose verses",
      "word": "versifien"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "transitive: to make or compose verses",
      "word": "versar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "transitive: to make or compose verses",
      "word": "versejar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "transitive: to make or compose verses",
      "word": "versificar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "transitive: to make or compose verses",
      "word": "versifica"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "viršuváty",
      "sense": "transitive: to make or compose verses",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "віршува́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "leksebis c̣era",
      "sense": "intransitive: to tell in verse; deal with in verse form",
      "word": "ლექსების წერა"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "intransitive: to tell in verse; deal with in verse form",
      "word": "versar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "intransitive: to tell in verse; deal with in verse form",
      "word": "versejar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "intransitive: to tell in verse; deal with in verse form",
      "word": "versificar"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "viršuváty",
      "sense": "intransitive: to tell in verse; deal with in verse form",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "віршува́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "galeksva",
      "sense": "intransitive: to turn prose into poetry; rewrite in verse form",
      "word": "გალექსვა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "intransitive: to turn prose into poetry; rewrite in verse form",
      "word": "versifizieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "intransitive: to turn prose into poetry; rewrite in verse form",
      "word": "versar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "intransitive: to turn prose into poetry; rewrite in verse form",
      "word": "versejar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "intransitive: to turn prose into poetry; rewrite in verse form",
      "word": "versificar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "intransitive: to turn prose into poetry; rewrite in verse form",
      "word": "versifiera"
    }
  ],
  "word": "versify"
}

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