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metrify

[me-truh-fahy]

verb (used with object)

metrified, metrifying 
  1. to put into meter; compose in verse.



metrify

/ ˈɛٰɪˌڲɪ /

verb

  1. (tr) prosody to render into poetic metre

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • metrifier noun
  • unmetrified adjective
  • ˈٰˌھ noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of metrify1

1515–25; < French éٰھ < Medieval Latin ٰھ, equivalent to metri- (combining form of metrum meter 2 ) + -fy
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Example Sentences

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The first thing required would be to translate the prowess of champions into good and moving narrative; and this would be metrified, because so it becomes both more exciting and more easily remembered.

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