What does versify mean?

Definitions for versify
ˈvɜr səˌfaɪver·si·fy

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. verse, versify, poetize, poetiseverb

    compose verses or put into verse

    "He versified the ancient saga"

Wiktionary

  1. versifyverb

    to make or compose verses

  2. versifyverb

    to tell in verse; deal with in verse form

  3. versifyverb

    to turn (prose) into poetry; rewrite in verse form

  4. Etymology: versifier, learned borrowing from versificare, present active infinitive of versifico, from versus (see verse) + facio.

Wikipedia

  1. versify

    Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (; HMH) is an American publisher of textbooks, instructional technology materials, assessments, and reference works. The company is based in the Boston Financial District. It was formerly known as Houghton Mifflin Company, but it changed its name following the 2007 acquisition of Harcourt Publishing. Prior to March 2010, it was a subsidiary of Education Media and Publishing Group Limited, an Irish-owned holding company registered in the Cayman Islands and formerly known as Riverdeep. In 2022, it was acquired by Veritas Capital, a New York-based private-equity firm.

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  1. versify

    Versify means to turn something (like a piece of prose) into verse or poetry. It can also refer to composing verses or engaging in poetic writing.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Versifyverb

    to make verses

  2. Versifyverb

    to relate or describe in verse; to compose in verse

  3. Versifyverb

    to turn into verse; to render into metrical form; as, to versify the Psalms

  4. Etymology: [OE. versifien, F. versifier, L. versificare; versus a verse + -ficare to make. See Verse, and -fy.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of versify in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of versify in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5


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