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metrify

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met⋅ri⋅fy

  [me-truh-fahy]
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–verb (used with object), -fied, -fy⋅ing.
to put into meter; compose in verse.
Origin:
1515–25; < F métrifier < ML metrificāre, equiv. to metri- (comb. form of metrum meter 2 ) + -ficāre -fy

Related forms:
met⋅ri⋅fi⋅er, noun
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met·ri·fy 1   (mět'rə-fī')   
tr.v.   met·ri·fied, met·ri·fy·ing, met·ri·fies
To put into or compose in poetic meter; versify.

[French métrifier, from Old French, from Medieval Latin metrificāre : Latin metrum, measure; see meter1 + Latin -ficāre, -fy.]
met'ri·fi·ca'tion (-fĭ-kā'shən) n.
met·ri·fy 2   (mět'rə-fī')   
tr. & intr.v.   met·ri·fied, met·ri·fy·ing, met·ri·fies
To convert into or adopt the metric system.
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