Ver"si*fy (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Versified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Versifying (?).] [OE. versifien, F. versifier, L. versificare; versus a verse + -ficare to make. See Verse, and -fy.]

To make verses.

I'll versify in spite, and do my best. Dryden.

 

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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.

 

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