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METRIFIED
METRIFY
metricize, metricise, metrify, metricate
(verb) convert from a non-metric to the metric system
metrify
(verb) compose in poetic meter; “The bard metrified his poems very precisely”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
metrified
simple past tense and past participle of metrify
Source: Wiktionary
METRIFY
Met"ri*fy, v. i. Etym: [L. metrum meter + -fy: cf. F. métrifier.]
Definition: To make verse. [R.] Skelton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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18 January 2025
SHTIK
(noun) (Yiddish) a little; a piece; “give him a shtik cake”; “he’s a shtik crazy”; “he played a shtik Beethoven”
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