versify

UK: /ˈvɜːsɪˌfaɪ/ US: (vûr′sə fī′)

Inflections of 'versify' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

versifies

v 3rd person singular

versifying

v pres p

versified

v past

versified

v past p

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

ver•si•fy  (vûr′sə fī′), v., -fied, -fy•ing. 
v.t. 

1. Poetry to relate, describe, or treat (something) in verse.
2. Poetry to convert (prose or other writing) into metrical form.

v.i. 

3. Poetry to compose verses.

• Latin versificāre. See verse, -ify
• Old French versifier
• Middle English versifien 1350–1400

ver′si•fi′er, n. 

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versify / ˈvɜːsɪˌfaɪ/ verb ( -fies, -fying, -fied)

1. (transitive) to render (something) into metrical form or verse
2. (intransitive) to write in verse

Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French versifier, from Latin versificāre, from versus verse¹ + facere to make

ˈversiˌfier noun