versifyv.

Brit.

/ˈvəːsᵻfʌɪ/, U.S.

/ˈvərsəˌfaɪ/

Forms: Also Middle English–1600s versifye, versifie (Middle English uersefiȝe, versfy), Middle English versyfyyn, wersyfy, Middle English–1500s versyfy.

Etymology: < Old French vercifier, versifier (13th cent. in Godefroy Compl., = Provençal versifiar ), < Latin versificāre (whence Italian versificare , Spanish versificar , Portuguese versificar ), < versus verse n. + facere to make.

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

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > compose poetry [verb (intransitive)]

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rhymec1300

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metrea1415

poetizea1586

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sing1638

rhythm1655

poeticize1817

poesy1820

rune1832

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xv. 367 For is none of þis newe clerkes..Þat can versifye faire ne formalich enditen.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 508/2 Versyfyyn, versificor.

1483 Cath. Angl. 401/1 To versifye, versificare, versiculare.

a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Di^v Yes in faythe I can versyfy.

1579 T. Lodge Protogenes 15 Tully atributeth it for prais to Archias y^t vpon any theame he cold versify extempory.

1612 J. Brinsley Ludus Lit. viii. 121 To learne to versifie, ex tempore, of any ordinary Theame.

1656 H. More Enthusiasmus Triumphatus (1712) 8 Maracus a Poet of Syracuse, who never versified so well as when he was in his distracted fits.

1693 J. Dryden tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires i. 4 Since the World with Writing is possest, I'll versifie in spite.

1719 Free-thinker No. 136. 2 The Subject..promises no small Glory to the Genius, who shall versify upon it.

1798 Lady Bedingfield in Betham Lett. (1905) 51 Cannot you versify as you walk?

1824 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XV xix. 14 Speculating..On what may suit..my story, And never straining hard to versify.

1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. II. 261 A few scholars..had the intrepidity to versify in French with the ancient metres.

1897 Appletons' Pop. Sci. Monthly Jan. 391 The true poet does not versify because he would, but because he must.

2. transitive. To narrate or recount in verse; to treat as the subject of verse.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > compose (poetry) [verb (transitive)] > recount or celebrate in poetry

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versifyc1386

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berime?1589

poetize?1594

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c1386 G. Chaucer Monk's Prol. 90 They [tragedies] ben versified communely Of vj. feet which men clepen Exametron.

1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres i. vi. sig. B2 I versifie the troth, not poetize.

1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. xvii. 177 A lady loses her lap-dog, and so the silly poet runs home to versify the disaster.

1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest II. App. 533 The story is versified at great length in the French Life.

1871 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 315 His more ambitious works may be defined as careless thinking carefully versified.

3. To turn or convert (a literary piece) into verse; to change from prose into verse; to translate or rewrite in verse-form.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > compose (poetry) [verb (transitive)] > turn into poetry

poetize1599

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versify1735

poeticize1804

1735 A. Pope (title) The Satires of Dr. John Donne,..Versified.

1756 J. Warton Ess. on Pope I. i. 11 The exalted prophesy of Isaiah, which Pope has so successfully versified.

1789 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music III. 35 (note) The 30th Psalm was the first which Luther versified.

1814 I. D'Israeli Quarrels Auth. I. 71 Bolingbroke really wrote the Essay on Man, which Pope versified.

1837 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott I. viii. 247 These are all in prose like their originals; but he also versified..some lyrical fragments of Goethe.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	versify
释义	versifyv. Brit. /ˈvəːsᵻfʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈvərsəˌfaɪ/ Forms: Also Middle English–1600s versifye, versifie (Middle English uersefiȝe, versfy), Middle English versyfyyn, wersyfy, Middle English–1500s versyfy. Etymology: < Old French vercifier, versifier (13th cent. in Godefroy Compl., = Provençal versifiar ), < Latin versificāre (whence Italian versificare , Spanish versificar , Portuguese versificar ), < versus verse n. + facere to make. 1. intransitive. To make or compose verses; to write poetry; = verse v.¹ 1. Also const. upon (or †of) a theme. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > compose poetry [verb (intransitive)] versec1000 rhymec1300 versify1377 makea1387 metrea1415 poetizea1586 compose1602 poetrize1602 sing1638 rhythm1655 poeticize1817 poesy1820 rune1832 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xv. 367 For is none of þis newe clerkes..Þat can versifye faire ne formalich enditen. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 508/2 Versyfyyn, versificor. 1483 Cath. Angl. 401/1 To versifye, versificare, versiculare. a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Di^v Yes in faythe I can versyfy. 1579 T. Lodge Protogenes 15 Tully atributeth it for prais to Archias y^t vpon any theame he cold versify extempory. 1612 J. Brinsley Ludus Lit. viii. 121 To learne to versifie, ex tempore, of any ordinary Theame. 1656 H. More Enthusiasmus Triumphatus (1712) 8 Maracus a Poet of Syracuse, who never versified so well as when he was in his distracted fits. 1693 J. Dryden tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires i. 4 Since the World with Writing is possest, I'll versifie in spite. 1719 Free-thinker No. 136. 2 The Subject..promises no small Glory to the Genius, who shall versify upon it. 1798 Lady Bedingfield in Betham Lett. (1905) 51 Cannot you versify as you walk? 1824 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XV xix. 14 Speculating..On what may suit..my story, And never straining hard to versify. 1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. II. 261 A few scholars..had the intrepidity to versify in French with the ancient metres. 1897 Appletons' Pop. Sci. Monthly Jan. 391 The true poet does not versify because he would, but because he must. 2. transitive. To narrate or recount in verse; to treat as the subject of verse. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > compose (poetry) [verb (transitive)] > recount or celebrate in poetry singc825 versifyc1386 verse1446 berime?1589 poetize?1594 warble1605 beverse1763 c1386 G. Chaucer Monk's Prol. 90 They [tragedies] ben versified communely Of vj. feet which men clepen Exametron. 1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres i. vi. sig. B2 I versifie the troth, not poetize. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. xvii. 177 A lady loses her lap-dog, and so the silly poet runs home to versify the disaster. 1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest II. App. 533 The story is versified at great length in the French Life. 1871 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 315 His more ambitious works may be defined as careless thinking carefully versified. 3. To turn or convert (a literary piece) into verse; to change from prose into verse; to translate or rewrite in verse-form. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > compose (poetry) [verb (transitive)] > turn into poetry poetize1599 transverse1672 versify1735 poeticize1804 1735 A. Pope (title) The Satires of Dr. John Donne,..Versified. 1756 J. Warton Ess. on Pope I. i. 11 The exalted prophesy of Isaiah, which Pope has so successfully versified. 1789 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music III. 35 (note) The 30th Psalm was the first which Luther versified. 1814 I. D'Israeli Quarrels Auth. I. 71 Bolingbroke really wrote the Essay on Man, which Pope versified. 1837 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott I. viii. 247 These are all in prose like their originals; but he also versified..some lyrical fragments of Goethe. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1377
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