versify

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

VERS'IFY, verb intransitive To make verses. I'll versify in spite, and do my best. VERS'IFY, verb transitive 1. To relate or describe in verse. I'll versify the truth. 2. To turn into verse; as, to versify the Psalms.
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