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versify

/ˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪfaɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ver-si-fy
IPA
/ˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪfaɪ/
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

to make or compose verses

verb

to tell in verse; deal with in verse form

Transitive verb

verb

to turn (prose) into poetry; rewrite in verse form

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wert- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-etor Proto-Indo-European *wértetor Proto-Italic *wertō Latin vertō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin versus Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Latin versifico Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Latin versificarelbor. Old French versifierbor. Middle English versifien English versify From Middle English versifien, from Old French versifier, learned borrowing from Latin versificāre (“versify”), from versus (see verse) + faciō (“make”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

versifies (present, singular) versifying (participle, present) versified (participle, past) versified (past)

Derived Forms

versifiable versifier

Synonyms

verse poetize poetise

Questions

How do you pronounce versify?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪfaɪ/.
What does versify mean?
to make or compose verses
Where does versify come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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