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Definition of Metrify
1. Verb. Compose in poetic meter. "The bard metrified his poems very precisely"
Category relationships: Poesy, Poetry, Verse
Generic synonyms: Poetise, Poetize, Verse, Versify
Derivative terms: Metrification
Generic synonyms: Poetise, Poetize, Verse, Versify
Derivative terms: Metrification
2. Verb. Convert from a non-metric to the metric system.
Exact synonyms: Metricate, Metricise, Metricize
Generic synonyms: Change Over, Convert
Derivative terms: Metrication
Generic synonyms: Change Over, Convert
Derivative terms: Metrication
Definition of Metrify
1. v. i. To make verse.
Definition of Metrify
1. Verb. To make verse. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Metrify
1. to compose in metrical form [v -FIED, -FYING, -FIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Metrify
Literary usage of Metrify
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Acharnians of Aristophanes by Aristophanes, Robert Yelverton Tyrrell (1883)
"I found that it was nearly as easy to metrify the unrhymed portions as to translate
them into prose which should at all adequately represent the manner of ..."
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