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Meaning of METRIFY

Pronunciation:  'metru`fI

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [v]  convert from a non-metric to the metric system
  2. [v]  compose in poetic meter; "The bard metrified his poems very precisely"
 
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 Synonyms: metricate, metricise, metricize
 
 See Also: change over, convert, poetise, poetize, versify

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Met"ri*fy\, v. i. [L. metrum meter + -fy: cf. F.
m['e]trifier.]
To make verse. [R.] --Skelton.
 

 

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