Category:Versify

Ver"si*fy, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Versified; p. pr. & vb. n. Versifying.] Etym: [oe. versifien, f. versifier, l. versificare; Versus a verse + -ficare to make. See verse, and -fy.]

Defn: to make verses. I'll versify in spite, and do my best. Dryden.

Versify Ver"si*fy, v. t.

1. To relate or describe in verse; to compose in verse. I'll versify the truth, not poetize. Daniel.

2. To turn into verse; to render into metrical form; as, to versify The psalms. Chaucer.