intransitive. To compose or make verses; to versify. Also with it.

intransitive. To compose rhymes or verses; to versify. Also with about, †of, on, upon.

intransitive. To make or compose verses; to write poetry; = verse, v.1 1. Also const. upon (or †of) a theme.

intransitive. To compose verses; to write poetry; to rhyme. Cf. maker, n. 5. Obsolete.

intransitive. To compose verses; to versify. Also transitive with it. Obsolete.

intransitive. To act as a poet; to compose poetry; to write or speak in verse, or in poetic style. Cf. poeticize, v. 2.

absol.

intransitive. To compose poetry, to write in verse; = poetize, v. 1.

To compose in verse; to make poetry.

intransitive. To make verses or rhymes; = rhyme, v. 1. Also transitive: †to drive (a person) into a state by rhyming. Obsolete. rare.

intransitive. To write or speak like a poet; to compose (esp. trivial or inferior) poetry.

intransitive. To produce poetry. In quot. figurative.

intransitive. To compose or perform poetry or songs; to lament. Also transitive: to compose (poetry, a lament, etc.).