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


Etymology

Verb

metrify (third-person singular simple present metrifies, present participle metrifying, simple past and past participle metrified)

To make verse.

(US, Canada) metricate

Source: Wiktionary


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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