metrify

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verb

To make verse.

Similar
metricizemetricisemetricate
OriginLatin metrum →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person metrifies · participle present metrifying · participle past metrified · past metrified

  1. To make verse.

    he metrified after his mynde

    a. 1529, John Skelton, The Crowne of Lawrell
  2. CanadaUSmetricate

Synonyms & antonyms

verbconvert from a non-metric to the metric system

Similar
metricizemetricisemetricate
Broader
convertchange over
Also see
metricatemetricize

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinmetrum“meter”
  2. Englishmetrify

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

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APA

metrify. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metrify

MLA

“metrify.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metrify. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “metrify,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metrify.

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