versify
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səˌfaɪ
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| —vb , -fies, -fying, -fied | |
| 1. | (tr) to render (something) into metrical form or verse |
| 2. | (intr) to write in verse |
| [C14: from Old French versifier, from Latin versificāre, from versus | |
| 'versifier | |
| —n | |
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Versify
is one of our favorite verbs.
So is kibitz. Does it mean:
| chat, to converse |
| to flee; abscond: |
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Word Origin & History
versify
c.1340 (implied in versifier), from O.Fr. versifier "turn into verse" (13c.), from L. versificare "compare verse," from versus "verse" (see verse) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious).
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Example sentences
There has been a decided tendency among the farmers for the last ten years to di versify crops.
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