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ver·si·fy  (vûrs-f)
v. ver·si·fied, ver·si·fy·ing, ver·si·fies
v.tr.
1. To change from prose into metrical form.
2. To treat or tell in verse: versify stories from the Bible.
v.intr.
To write verses.

[Middle English versifien, from Old French versifier, from Latin versificre : versus, verse; see verse1 + -ficre, -fy.]

versi·fi·cation (-f-kshn) n.
versi·fier n.

versify [ˈvɜːsɪˌfaɪ]
vb -fies, -fying, -fied
1. (Literature / Poetry) (tr) to render (something) into metrical form or verse
2. (Literature / Poetry) (intr) to write in verse
[from Old French versifier, from Latin versificāre, from versus verse + facere to make]
versifier  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.versify - compose verses or put into verse; "He versified the ancient saga"
poesy, poetry, verse - literature in metrical form
indite, pen, write, compose - produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"
metrify - compose in poetic meter; "The bard metrified his poems very precisely"
spondaise, spondaize - make spondaic; "spondaize verses"
elegise, elegize - compose an elegy
sonnet - compose a sonnet
Translations
versify [ˈvɜːsɪfaɪ]
A. VTversificar
versify
vtin Versform bringen
viVerse schmieden (pej), → dichten


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However, the two-movement Missa (Missa brevis) was in keeping with the Lutheran tradition in Saxony in which the other parts of the ordinary (the Credo, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei) were sung by the congregation to the chorale versifications from Luther's German Mass.
Dramatic and prose translations, original poetry, verse translations, and versifications of the Psalms of David are among the pieces.
Dating from 1689, the year after the Glorious Revolution that brought William and Mary to the throne of England, it has a quaintly crashing libretto by Nahum Tate, better known for a number of psalm versifications which found their way into hymnbooks and are still sung today.
 
 
 
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