Post by t-bob on Apr 2, 2019 10:09:14 GMT -5
Versify
verb
1. to relate, describe, or treat (something) in the form of poetry.
verb (used without object),
1. to compose verses.
Quotes
... the energetic singer who cannot repress the impromptu urge to versify the mundane things going on around him. -- Franklin D. Lewis, "Introduction," Rumi: Swallowing the Sun, 2008 He served in Africa, southern France and Italy during World War II, a period that he said led him to "versify in earnest." -- Harrison Smith, "Richard Wilbur, American poet who twice won the Pulitzer Prize, dies at 96," Washington Post, October 15, 2017
Origin
Versify comes via Old French versifier from Latin versificāre “to write or compose verse.” Versificāre is partly composed of the noun versus “a line of writing, a line of poetry, a sequence of notes.” The basic meaning of versus is “a circular movement (in a dance), twirl” and is a derivative of the verb vertere “to turn, revolve, pass through a cycle.” The combining form -ficāre means “doing, making, causing” and ultimately derives from the verb facere “to make, build, construct.” Versify entered English in the 14th century
verb
1. to relate, describe, or treat (something) in the form of poetry.
verb (used without object),
1. to compose verses.
Quotes
... the energetic singer who cannot repress the impromptu urge to versify the mundane things going on around him. -- Franklin D. Lewis, "Introduction," Rumi: Swallowing the Sun, 2008 He served in Africa, southern France and Italy during World War II, a period that he said led him to "versify in earnest." -- Harrison Smith, "Richard Wilbur, American poet who twice won the Pulitzer Prize, dies at 96," Washington Post, October 15, 2017
Origin
Versify comes via Old French versifier from Latin versificāre “to write or compose verse.” Versificāre is partly composed of the noun versus “a line of writing, a line of poetry, a sequence of notes.” The basic meaning of versus is “a circular movement (in a dance), twirl” and is a derivative of the verb vertere “to turn, revolve, pass through a cycle.” The combining form -ficāre means “doing, making, causing” and ultimately derives from the verb facere “to make, build, construct.” Versify entered English in the 14th century
