metrify

English

Etymology

From Latin metrum (“meter”) + -fy. Compare French métrifier.

Verb

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

1. To make verse.
   • a. 1529, John Skelton, The Crowne of Lawrell:

     he metrified after his mynde

2. (US, Canada) metricate

Related terms

• metrification

See also

• metricize

References

“metrify”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.