metrify

[ me-truh-fahy ]
/ ˈmɛ trəˌfaɪ /

verb (used with object), met·ri·fied, met·ri·fy·ing.

to put into meter; compose in verse.

Origin of metrify

1515–25; < French métrifier < Medieval Latin metrificāre, equivalent to metri- (combining form of metrum meter2) + -ficāre -fy

OTHER WORDS FROM metrify

met·ri·fi·er, noun un·met·ri·fied, adjective

Words nearby metrify

metricize, metrics, metridium, metrification, metrifonate, metrify, metrist, metritis, metrize, metro, metro-

British Dictionary definitions for metrify

metrify
/ (ˈmɛtrɪˌfaɪ) /

verb -fies, -fying or -fied

(tr) prosody to render into poetic metre

Derived forms of metrify

metrifier, noun