† metrifyv.¹

Forms: late Middle English metryfy, late Middle English–1500s metrefy, late Middle English–1600s 1800s metrify.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French metrifier.

Etymology: < Middle French metrifier (14th cent.) < post-classical Latin metrificare (see metrificate v.). N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (me·trifəi) /ˈmɛtrɪfaɪ/.

Obsolete.

transitive. To put into verse, make a metrical version of. Also intransitive: to compose verses (rare).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > put into metre [verb (transitive)]

metre1447

metrificate?a1475

measurec1475

metrifyc1487

metrize1572

cadence1748

ringle-jingle1913

c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica i. 24 A poete there was in Egipte whiche in his dyctes metrefyed of that cyte made thys commemoracion.

1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell 1382 Also a deuoute Prayer to Moses hornis, Metrifyde merely, medelyd with scornis.

1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell 1464 Wherevpon he metrefyde after his mynde.

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. xi. 79 It [sc. an obelisk] holdeth the altitude of six ordinary triangles, and in metrifying his base can not well be larger than a meetre of six.

1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xvii. 143 It is metrified in this Octastick.

1861 D. Irving Hist. Sc. Poetry 392 Twenty psalms were metrified by two individuals.

1870 Appletons' Jrnl. Sept. 288 Men who never attempted any thing of the kind, either before or after, have been guilty of metrifying the charms of their first love.

Derivatives

metrified adj.

ΚΠ

c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica ii. 74 Not onely Grekis, but also prelates Egipciens & other that with metryfyed versis commendyd his fayttis.

1599 First Bk. Preseruation Henry VII sig. C3^v For alas, my booke runs hastily gadding, In metrifi'd poetry, not poetiz'd as I meant.

1887 Sat. Rev. 16 Apr. 552 The grimly metrified psalter.

metrifying n. rare

ΚΠ

c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica iv. 322 So pregnantly witted and so excellently spedde in armonye and musike, that comprehended is vndre the accentuation of curious metrifiying.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

metrifyv.²

Brit.

/ˈmɛtrᵻfʌɪ/, U.S.

/ˈmɛtrəˌfaɪ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: metre n.², -ify suffix.

Etymology: < metre n.² + -ify suffix, after metric adj.² With sense 2, compare earlier metrification n.²

rare.

1. intransitive. = metricize v.¹ 2.Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

1952 Sociometry 15 260 In order not to ‘metrify’ more than is psychologically significant..we have left out of consideration the further graduation of the variable.

2. intransitive. = metricate v. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > take measurements [verb (intransitive)] > change to or adopt a metric system

metricize1906

metricate1965

metrify1968

1968 Sunday Times 31 Mar. 10 The Confederation of British Industry hopes that 75 per cent. of Britain's industries will have metrified by 1975.

1976 Science 27 Feb. 806/3 The suggestion..that ‘metric rock’ be substituted for ‘milestone’ leads us to propose that we should ‘metrify but not petrify’.

1990 Science 2 Nov. 611/3 We lost that leadership not because we failed to metrify but because we became fat, dumb, and critical of our own affluence.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	metrify
释义	† metrifyv.¹ Forms: late Middle English metryfy, late Middle English–1500s metrefy, late Middle English–1600s 1800s metrify. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French metrifier. Etymology: < Middle French metrifier (14th cent.) < post-classical Latin metrificare (see metrificate v.). N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (me·trifəi) /ˈmɛtrɪfaɪ/. Obsolete. transitive. To put into verse, make a metrical version of. Also intransitive: to compose verses (rare). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > put into metre [verb (transitive)] metre1447 metrificate?a1475 measurec1475 metrifyc1487 metrize1572 cadence1748 ringle-jingle1913 c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica i. 24 A poete there was in Egipte whiche in his dyctes metrefyed of that cyte made thys commemoracion. 1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell 1382 Also a deuoute Prayer to Moses hornis, Metrifyde merely, medelyd with scornis. 1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell 1464 Wherevpon he metrefyde after his mynde. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. xi. 79 It [sc. an obelisk] holdeth the altitude of six ordinary triangles, and in metrifying his base can not well be larger than a meetre of six. 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xvii. 143 It is metrified in this Octastick. 1861 D. Irving Hist. Sc. Poetry 392 Twenty psalms were metrified by two individuals. 1870 Appletons' Jrnl. Sept. 288 Men who never attempted any thing of the kind, either before or after, have been guilty of metrifying the charms of their first love. Derivatives metrified adj. ΚΠ c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica ii. 74 Not onely Grekis, but also prelates Egipciens & other that with metryfyed versis commendyd his fayttis. 1599 First Bk. Preseruation Henry VII sig. C3^v For alas, my booke runs hastily gadding, In metrifi'd poetry, not poetiz'd as I meant. 1887 Sat. Rev. 16 Apr. 552 The grimly metrified psalter. metrifying n. rare ΚΠ c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica iv. 322 So pregnantly witted and so excellently spedde in armonye and musike, that comprehended is vndre the accentuation of curious metrifiying. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020). metrifyv.² Brit. /ˈmɛtrᵻfʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈmɛtrəˌfaɪ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: metre n.², -ify suffix. Etymology: < metre n.² + -ify suffix, after metric adj.² With sense 2, compare earlier metrification n.² rare. 1. intransitive. = metricize v.¹ 2.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1952 Sociometry 15 260 In order not to ‘metrify’ more than is psychologically significant..we have left out of consideration the further graduation of the variable. 2. intransitive. = metricate v. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > take measurements [verb (intransitive)] > change to or adopt a metric system metricize1906 metricate1965 metrify1968 1968 Sunday Times 31 Mar. 10 The Confederation of British Industry hopes that 75 per cent. of Britain's industries will have metrified by 1975. 1976 Science 27 Feb. 806/3 The suggestion..that ‘metric rock’ be substituted for ‘milestone’ leads us to propose that we should ‘metrify but not petrify’. 1990 Science 2 Nov. 611/3 We lost that leadership not because we failed to metrify but because we became fat, dumb, and critical of our own affluence. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.¹c1487v.²1952
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