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versified

versified is the simple past and past participle of versify.

Meaning of versify

Verb

versify (third-person singular simple present versifies, present participle versifying, simple past and past participle versified)

  1. (ambitransitive) to make or compose verses
    • I'll versify in spite, and do my best.1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The First Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […]...
  2. (transitive) to tell in verse; deal with in verse form
  3. (transitive) to turn (prose) into poetry; rewrite in verse form

Forms of versified

comparativemore versified
superlativemost versified

Words formed from versified

Questions about versified

What is versified the simple past and past participle of?
Versified is the simple past and past participle of versify.

Words near versified in the dictionary

  1. versifications
  2. versificator
  3. versificators
  4. versificatory
  5. versificatrix
  6. versified
  7. versifier
  8. versifiers
  9. versifies
  10. versiform
  11. versify

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