versify

verb

/ˈvɜːsɪfaɪ/

/ˈvɜːrsɪfaɪ/

[intransitive, transitive] (formal)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they versify	/ˈvɜːsɪfaɪ/ /ˈvɜːrsɪfaɪ/
he / she / it versifies	/ˈvɜːsɪfaɪz/ /ˈvɜːrsɪfaɪz/
past simple versified	/ˈvɜːsɪfaɪd/ /ˈvɜːrsɪfaɪd/
past participle versified	/ˈvɜːsɪfaɪd/ /ˈvɜːrsɪfaɪd/
-ing form versifying	/ˈvɜːsɪfaɪɪŋ/ /ˈvɜːrsɪfaɪɪŋ/

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versify (something) to write something in verse以诗体写
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French versifier, from Latin versificare, from versus ‘a turn of the plough, a furrow, a line of writing’, from vertere ‘to turn’.