versifier

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

VERS'IFIER, noun 1. One who makes verses. Not every versifier is a poet. 2. One who converts into verse; or one who expresses the ideas of another, written in prose; as, Dr. Watts was a versifier of the Psalms.
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