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metrifying

metrifying is the present participle and gerund of metrify.

Meaning of metrify

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

Questions about metrifying

What is metrifying the present participle and gerund of?
Metrifying is the present participle and gerund of metrify.

Words near metrifying in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: metrifying (page history and authors); metrify (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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