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versifying

versifying is the present participle and gerund 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

Noun

versifying (plural versifyings)

  1. A composition in verse.
    • He persuaded my mother to publish a little volume of these versifyings.1812-1821, Edward Bulwer Lytton, a letter

Forms of versifying

pluralversifyings

Questions about versifying

What does versifying mean?
Versifying means a composition in verse.
What is versifying the present participle and gerund of?
Versifying is the present participle and gerund of versify.
What part of speech is versifying?
Versifying is a noun.
What is the plural of versifying?
The plural of versifying is versifyings.

Words near versifying in the dictionary

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

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