metrify

Other forms: metrified; metrifying

Definitions of metrify
  1. verb
    compose in poetic meter
    “The bard metrified his poems very precisely”
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    type of:
    poetise, poetize, verse, versify
    compose verses or put into verse
  2. verb
    convert from a non-metric to the metric system
    synonyms: metricate, metricise, metricize
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    type of:
    change over, convert
    change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy
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