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Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="versify" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wiktionary.org/wiki/versify" title="versify – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="versify" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/versify" title="versify – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="versify" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/versify" title="versify – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="versify" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/versify" title="versify – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="versify" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wiktionary.org/wiki/versify" title="versify – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="versify" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wiktionary.org/wiki/versify" title="versify – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="versify" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wiktionary.org/wiki/versify" title="versify – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="versify" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wiktionary.org/wiki/versify" title="versify – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="versify" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/versify" title="versify – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="versify" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-om mw-list-item"><a href="https://om.wiktionary.org/wiki/versify" title="versify – Oromo" lang="om" hreflang="om" data-title="versify" data-language-autonym="Oromoo" data-language-local-name="Oromo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oromoo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/versify" title="versify – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="versify" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/versify" title="versify – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="versify" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wiktionary.org/wiki/versify" title="versify – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="versify" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wiktionary.org/wiki/versify" title="versify – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="versify" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wiktionary.org/wiki/versify" title="versify – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="versify" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wiktionary.org/wiki/versify" title="versify – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="versify" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/versify" title="versify – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="versify" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>中文</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </header> <div class="vector-page-toolbar"> <div class="vector-page-toolbar-container"> <div id="left-navigation"> <nav aria-label="Namespaces"> <div id="p-associated-pages" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-associated-pages" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-nstab-main" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/versify" title="View the content page [c]" accesskey="c"><span>Entry</span></a></li><li id="ca-talk" 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mw-heading2"><h2 id="English">English</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=versify&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: English"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=versify&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_English" class="extiw" title="w:Middle English">Middle English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/versifien#Middle_English" title="versifien">versifien</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_French" class="extiw" title="w:Old French">Old French</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="fro"><a href="/wiki/versifier#Old_French" title="versifier">versifier</a></i>, learned borrowing from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/versificare#Latin" title="versificare">versificāre</a></i>, present active infinitive of <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/versifico#Latin" title="versifico">versificō</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">versify</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, from <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/versus#Latin" title="versus">versus</a></i> (see <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/verse#English" title="verse">verse</a></i>) + <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/facio#Latin" title="facio">faciō</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">make</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=versify&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪfaɪ/</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verb">Verb</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=versify&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Verb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">versify</strong> (<i>third-person singular simple present</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en s-verb-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/versifies#English" title="versifies">versifies</a></b>, <i>present participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ing-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/versifying#English" title="versifying">versifying</a></b>, <i>simple past and past participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ed-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/versified#English" title="versified">versified</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/transitive" title="transitive">transitive</a>, <a href="/wiki/intransitive" title="intransitive">intransitive</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> to make or compose verses <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1693</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juvenal" class="extiw" title="w:Juvenal">Decimus Junius Juvenalis</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dryden" class="extiw" title="w:John Dryden">John Dryden</a>, transl., “<span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span> The First Satyr”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satires_(Juvenal)" class="extiw" title="w:Satires (Juvenal)">The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse</a>. <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="By Mr. Dryden, and Several Other Eminent Hands.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> Together with the Satires of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persius" class="extiw" title="w:Persius">Aulus Persius Flaccus</a>.<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Made English by Mr. Dryden. With Explanatory Notes at the End of Each Satire. To which is Prefix’d a Discourse Concerning the Original and Progress of Satire. Dedicated to the Right Honourable Charles Earl of Dorset, &c. By Mr. Dryden.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></cite>, London: Printed for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Tonson" class="extiw" title="w:Jacob Tonson">Jacob Tonson</a><span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="at the Judge’s-Head in Chancery-Lane, near Fleetstreet.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/80026745">→OCLC</a></small>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">I'll <b>versify</b> in spite, and do my best.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#intransitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">intransitive</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> to tell in verse; deal with in verse form</li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#intransitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">intransitive</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> to turn (<a href="/wiki/prose" title="prose">prose</a>) into poetry; rewrite in verse form</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=versify&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/versifier#English" title="versifier">versifier</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Translations">Translations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=versify&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-transitive:_to_make_or_compose_verses"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">transitive: to make or compose verses</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="transitive: to make or compose verses"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81584270">.mw-parser-output .translations{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .translations-cell{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-lightyellow,#FFFFe0);vertical-align:top;text-align:left}</style> <ul><li>Arabic: <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D9%86%D8%B8%D9%85#Arabic" title="نظم">نَظَمَ</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">naẓama</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Armenian: <span class="Armn" lang="hy"><a href="/wiki/%D6%84%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%A9%D5%A5%D5%AC#Armenian" title="քերթել">քերթել</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D6%84%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%A9%D5%A5%D5%AC" class="extiw" title="hy:քերթել">(hy)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="hy-Latn" class="tr Latn">kʻertʻel</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Bulgarian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%88%D0%B0_%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="пиша стихове (page does not exist)">пиша стихове</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">piša stihove</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Georgian: <span class="Geor" lang="ka"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%A5%E1%83%A1%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%AC%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ლექსების წერა (page does not exist)">ლექსების წერა</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ka-Latn" class="tr Latn">leksebis c̣era</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Middle English: <span class="Latn" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/versifien#Middle_English" title="versifien">versifien</a></span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/versar#Portuguese" title="versar">versar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/versar" class="extiw" title="pt:versar">(pt)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/versejar#Portuguese" title="versejar">versejar</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/versificar#Portuguese" title="versificar">versificar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/versificar" class="extiw" title="pt:versificar">(pt)</a></span></li> <li>Romanian: <span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/versifica#Romanian" title="versifica">versifica</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/versifica" class="extiw" title="ro:versifica">(ro)</a></span></li> <li>Ukrainian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="uk"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%80%D1%88%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8#Ukrainian" title="віршувати">віршува́ти</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="imperfective aspect">impf</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="uk-Latn" class="tr Latn">viršuváty</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-intransitive:_to_tell_in_verse;_deal_with_in_verse_form"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">intransitive: to tell in verse; deal with in verse form</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="intransitive: to tell in verse; deal with in verse form"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Georgian: <span class="Geor" lang="ka"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%A5%E1%83%A1%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%AC%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ლექსების წერა (page does not exist)">ლექსების წერა</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ka-Latn" class="tr Latn">leksebis c̣era</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/versar#Portuguese" title="versar">versar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/versar" class="extiw" title="pt:versar">(pt)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/versejar#Portuguese" title="versejar">versejar</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/versificar#Portuguese" title="versificar">versificar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/versificar" class="extiw" title="pt:versificar">(pt)</a></span></li> <li>Ukrainian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="uk"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%80%D1%88%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8#Ukrainian" title="віршувати">віршува́ти</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="imperfective aspect">impf</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="uk-Latn" class="tr Latn">viršuváty</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-intransitive:_to_turn_prose_into_poetry;_rewrite_in_verse_form"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">intransitive: to turn prose into poetry; rewrite in verse form</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="intransitive: to turn prose into poetry; rewrite in verse form"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Georgian: <span class="Geor" lang="ka"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E1%83%92%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%A5%E1%83%A1%E1%83%95%E1%83%90&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="გალექსვა (page does not exist)">გალექსვა</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ka-Latn" class="tr Latn">galeksva</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/versifizieren#German" title="versifizieren">versifizieren</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/versifizieren" class="extiw" title="de:versifizieren">(de)</a></span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/versar#Portuguese" title="versar">versar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/versar" class="extiw" title="pt:versar">(pt)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/versejar#Portuguese" title="versejar">versejar</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/versificar#Portuguese" title="versificar">versificar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/versificar" class="extiw" title="pt:versificar">(pt)</a></span></li> <li>Swedish: <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/versifiera#Swedish" title="versifiera">versifiera</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/versifiera" class="extiw" title="sv:versifiera">(sv)</a></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="checktrans"> <dl><dd><i>The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. 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