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versify

/ˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪfaɪ/

versify verb: to make or compose verses.

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

versify meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Arabic

versify in Tamil

செய்யுள்ளாக்கல், பா புனை

versify in Urdu

نظم بندی کرنا

versify in Arabic

ambitransitive: to make or compose verses
نَظَمَ naẓama

Forms of versify

third-person singular presentversifies
present participleversifying
past participleversified
pastversified

Origin of versify

From Middle English versifien, from Old French versifier, learned borrowing from Latin versificāre (“versify”), from versus (see verse) + faciō (“make”).

Words formed from versify

Questions about versify

What does versify mean?
Versify means to make or compose verses.
What is versify in Tamil?
Versify in Tamil is செய்யுள்ளாக்கல், பா புனை. See Versify meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is versify?
Versify is a verb.
How do you pronounce versify?
Versify is pronounced /ˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪfaɪ/.
What is the past tense of versify?
The past tense of versify is versified.

Words near versify in the dictionary

  1. versified
  2. versifier
  3. versifiers
  4. versifies
  5. versiform
  6. versify
  7. versifying
  8. versifyings
  9. versiliaite
  10. versin
  11. versine

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: versify (page history and authors); versify (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); versify (Urdu Wiktionary) (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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