metrify

transitive verb

met·​ri·​fy

-ed/-ing/-es

: to compose in or put into meter : make a metrical version of

Word History

Etymology

Middle French metrifier, from Medieval Latin metrificare, from Latin metrum meter + -ificare -ify

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