See Also: versify(dictionary)

versify (iou)



versify verb. LME.
[Old & mod. French versifier from Latin versificare, from versus: see VERSE noun, -FY.]
verb intrans. Compose verse; write poetry. LME.
verb trans. Narrate, recount, or treat in verse. LME.
Goldsmith The silly poet runs home to versify the disaster.
verb trans. Turn (prose) into verse; translate, rewrite, or express in verse. M18.
versifier noun a person who versifies; spec. a writer of poor verse, a poetaster: ME.