versificatoryadj.
rare.
‘Belonging to versifying’ (Bailey).
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versificatory1727
1727 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II
1963 V. Nabokov Gift iii. 146 It was then also that my versificatory illness began.
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adj.1727- to hold a taper to the devil
- to hold a team scoreless
- to hold a thing in contempt
- to hold a thing in etc reverence
- to hold a thing in great reverence
- to hold a thing in reverence
- to hold a thing in the palm of one's hand
- to hold a thing responsible
- to hold a way
- to hold aback
- to hold all the aces
- to hold all the cards
- to hold aloof
- to hold aloof from
- to hold an open house
- to hold at etc reputation
- to hold at fable
- to hold at gaze
- to hold at great reputation
- to hold at no reputation
- to hold at school
- to hold at stave's end
- to hold at the long saw
- to hold away
- to hold back