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versifier

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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.
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Noun1.versifier - a writer who composes rhymes; a maker of poor verses (usually used as terms of contempt for minor or inferior poets)
poetiser, poetizer, rhymer, rhymester
author, writer - writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
Translations
versifier [ˈvɜːsɪfaɪəʳ] N → versificador(a) m/f, versista mf
versifier
n (pej) → Verseschmied(in) m(f), → Dichterling m


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Since the Paris days Hayward had immersed himself in the modern French versifiers, and, such a plethora of poets is there in France, he had several new geniuses to tell Philip about.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
And yet his work stands out from the ruck of the contemporary versifiers as a balas ruby among carrots.
Martin Eden by London, Jack View in context
This procedure ceased to be important everywhere long before the literary period, but it led to the frequent composition by humble versifiers of more deliberate poems which were still 'popular' because they circulated by word of mouth, only, from generation to generation, among the common people, and formed one of the best expressions of their feeling.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
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