Versify

Definition: Versify

Versify

Verb

1. Compose verses; put into verse.

Date "versify" was first used: 14th century. (references)

Synonyms: Versify

Synonyms: poetize (v), verse (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Poetry	Verb: poetize, sing, versify, make verses, rhyme, scan.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Versify

English words defined with "versify": Rimey ♦ Transprose ♦ Versified, Versifying. (references)

"Versify" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Versify" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	100%	3	202,518

Language		Translations for "versify"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		vjershëroj, vargëzoj (make verses), kthej në vargje, bëj vjersha. (various references)

Arabic		‏نظم شعرا, ‏حول على شعر, ‏روى بقالب شعري. (various references)

Bulgarian		обръщам в стихове, пиша в стихове, изразявам в стихотворна форма (verse). (various references)

Czech		veršovat (rhyme, verse), zbásnit. (various references)

Farsi		تبدیل بنظم کردن , شعرساختن , بنظم دروردن . (various references)

French		versifier (verse), mettre en vers. (various references)

German		dichten (bordering, caulk, compose, densities, make tight, seal, sealing, write poems, write poetry). (various references)

Greek		στιχουργώ (make verses). (various references)

Hebrew		לחבר שיר, לחרוז (rhyme). (various references)

Hungarian		versbe farag. (various references)

Indonesian		menggurit (poetise, write poetry), mengarang syair. (various references)

Italian		verseggiare (verse). (various references)

Manx		jannoo ronneeaght (rant, revel), cur ayns ronniaght, cur ayns rane, cummey ronneeaght, cum ronneeaght. (various references)

Pig Latin		ersifyvay

Portuguese		versificar, pôr em verso. (various references)

Romanian		versifica (verse), cânta în versuri (poetize, verse). (various references)

Russian		перелагать в стихи, писать стихи (poetize, verse). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		versifikovati, pretvoriti u stihove, pisati stihove. (various references)

Spanish		versificar. (various references)

Swedish		versifiera, avfatta på vers. (various references)

Turkish		nazımlaştırmak, nazım yapmak. (various references)

Ukranian		писати вірші (berime). (various references)

Welsh		rhigymu (rhyme), mydryddu. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	versificare. (various references)
Old French	900-1400	versifier. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "versify": versifying. (additional references)
	Words ending with "versify": diversify. (additional references)
	Words containing "versify": diversifying. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Versify" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: versey, versi. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-f-i-r-s-v-y"
	-1 letter: fivers, verify.
	-2 letters: fiery, fires, fiver, fives, fries, frise, reifs, reify, rives, serif, siver, viers, vires.
	-3 letters: fire, firs, five, ires, refs, reif, reis, revs, rife, rifs, rise, rive, ryes, seif, serf, sire, very, vier, vies, vise.
	-4 letters: efs, ers, fer, fey, fie, fir, fry, ifs, ire, ivy, ref, rei, res, rev, rif, rye, sei, ser, sir, sri, vie, vis, yes.
	-5 letters: ef, er, es, if, is, re, si, ye.
	Words containing the letters "e-f-i-r-s-v-y"
	+2 letters: diversify.
	+3 letters: feverishly, versifying.
	+5 letters: diversifying, overclassify, oversimplify, vociferously.
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