| 单词 | metrify |
| 释义 | metrify in British English (ˈmɛtrɪˌfaɪ) verbWord forms: -fies, -fying or -fied (transitive) prosody to render into poetic metre Derived forms metrifier (ˈmetriˌfier) noun metrify in American English (ˈmɛtrɪˌfaɪ) verb transitiveWord forms: ˈmetriˌfied or ˈmetriˌfying metricate metrify in American English (ˈmetrəˌfai) transitive verbWord forms: -fied, -fying to put into meter; compose in verse Derived forms metrifier noun Word origin [1515–25; ‹ F métrifier ‹ ML metrificāre, equiv. to metri- (comb. form of metrum meter2) + -ficāre -fy]This word is first recorded in the period 1515–25. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: badger, exhaust, pioneer, splice, squib-fy is a verbal suffix meaning “to make,” “cause to be,” “render” (simplify; beautify); “to become,” “be made” (liquefy). The suffix was introduced into English in loan words from Old French (deify), but is also used in the formation of new words, usually on a Latin root (reify) |
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