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metrify

met·rify

uncommon us

verb

1.

compose in poetic meter

  • “The bard metrified his poems very precisely”
2.

convert from a non-metric to the metric system

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Origin

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

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