versify Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb compose verses or put into verse
    verse; poetize; poetise.
    • He versified the ancient saga

WordNet

Ver"si*fy intransitive verb
Etymology
OE. versifien, F. versifier, L. versificare; versus a verse + -ficare to make. See Verse, and -fy.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Versified ; present participle & verbal noun Versifying
Definitions
  1. To make verses.
    I'll versify in spite, and do my best. Dryden.
Ver"si*fy transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To relate or describe in verse; to compose in verse.
    I'll versify the truth, not poetize. Daniel.
  2. To turn into verse; to render into metrical form; as, to versify the Psalms. Chaucer.

Webster 1913