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metrify

metrify verb: to make verse.

Verb

metrify (third-person singular simple present metrifies, present participle metrifying, simple past and past participle metrified)

  1. To make verse.
    • he metrified after his myndea. 1529, John Skelton, The Crowne of Lawrell
  2. (Canada, US) metricate

Forms of metrify

third-person singular presentmetrifies
present participlemetrifying
past participlemetrified
pastmetrified

Origin of metrify

From Latin metrum (“meter”) + -fy. Compare French métrifier.

Words formed from metrify

Questions about metrify

What does metrify mean?
Metrify means to make verse.
What part of speech is metrify?
Metrify is a verb.
What is the past tense of metrify?
The past tense of metrify is metrified.

Words near metrify in the dictionary

  1. metrified
  2. metrifier
  3. metrifiers
  4. metrifies
  5. metrifonate
  6. metrify
  7. metrifying
  8. metring
  9. metriopatheia
  10. metriopatheiai
  11. metriorhynchid

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