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Versifying

Versify \Ver"si*fy\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Versified; p. pr. & vb. n. Versifying.] [OE. versifien, F. versifier, L. versificare; versus a verse + -ficare to make. See Verse, and -fy.] To make verses.

I'll versify in spite, and do my best.
--Dryden.

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versifying

n. A composition in verse. vb. (present participle of versify English)

Usage examples of "versifying".

Of a highly cultivated mind and most lively fancy, she had early improved a taste for versifying, and acquired the habit of readily clothing her thoughts in the language of poetry.

Marvell gave me a hard look before his versifying reclaimed his attention.