metrify

[ me-truh-fahy ]

verb (used with object)

, met·ri·fied, met·ri·fy·ing.

1. to put into meter; compose in verse.

metrify

/ ˈmɛtrɪˌfaɪ /

verb

1. tr prosody to render into poetic metre

Derived Forms

• ˈmetriˌfier, noun

Other Words From

• metri·fier noun
• un·metri·fied adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of metrify¹

1515–25; < French métrifier < Medieval Latin metrificāre, equivalent to metri- (combining form of metrum meter ² ) + -ficāre -fy

Example Sentences

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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