met·ri·fy 1
(mĕt′rə-fī′)tr.v. met·ri·fied,
met·ri·fy·ing,
met·ri·fies To put into or compose in poetic meter; versify.
[French métrifier, from Old French, from Medieval Latin metrificāre : Latin metrum, measure; see meter1 + Latin -ficāre, -fy.]
met′ri·fi·ca′tion (-fĭ-kā′shən) n.
met·ri·fy 2
(mĕt′rə-fī′)tr. & intr.v. met·ri·fied,
met·ri·fy·ing,
met·ri·fies To convert into or adopt the metric system.
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metrify
(ˈmɛtrɪˌfaɪ) vb,
-fies,
-fying or -fied (Poetry) (tr) prosody to render into poetic metre
ˈmetriˌfier n
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metrify
Past participle: metrified
Gerund: metrifying
Present |
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I metrify |
you metrify |
he/she/it metrifies |
we metrify |
you metrify |
they metrify |
Preterite |
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I metrified |
you metrified |
he/she/it metrified |
we metrified |
you metrified |
they metrified |
Present Continuous |
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I am metrifying |
you are metrifying |
he/she/it is metrifying |
we are metrifying |
you are metrifying |
they are metrifying |
Present Perfect |
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I have metrified |
you have metrified |
he/she/it has metrified |
we have metrified |
you have metrified |
they have metrified |
Past Continuous |
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I was metrifying |
you were metrifying |
he/she/it was metrifying |
we were metrifying |
you were metrifying |
they were metrifying |
Past Perfect |
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I had metrified |
you had metrified |
he/she/it had metrified |
we had metrified |
you had metrified |
they had metrified |
Future |
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I will metrify |
you will metrify |
he/she/it will metrify |
we will metrify |
you will metrify |
they will metrify |
Future Perfect |
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I will have metrified |
you will have metrified |
he/she/it will have metrified |
we will have metrified |
you will have metrified |
they will have metrified |
Future Continuous |
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I will be metrifying |
you will be metrifying |
he/she/it will be metrifying |
we will be metrifying |
you will be metrifying |
they will be metrifying |
Present Perfect Continuous |
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I have been metrifying |
you have been metrifying |
he/she/it has been metrifying |
we have been metrifying |
you have been metrifying |
they have been metrifying |
Future Perfect Continuous |
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I will have been metrifying |
you will have been metrifying |
he/she/it will have been metrifying |
we will have been metrifying |
you will have been metrifying |
they will have been metrifying |
Past Perfect Continuous |
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I had been metrifying |
you had been metrifying |
he/she/it had been metrifying |
we had been metrifying |
you had been metrifying |
they had been metrifying |
Conditional |
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I would metrify |
you would metrify |
he/she/it would metrify |
we would metrify |
you would metrify |
they would metrify |
Past Conditional |
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I would have metrified |
you would have metrified |
he/she/it would have metrified |
we would have metrified |
you would have metrified |
they would have metrified |
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb | 1. | metrify - compose in poetic meter; "The bard metrified his poems very precisely" |
| 2. | metrify - convert from a non-metric to the metric systemconvert, change over - change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy; "We converted from 220 to 110 Volt" |
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