VERSIFIER
Ver"si*fi`er, n.
1. One who versifies, or makes verses; as, not every versifier is a poet. Dryden.
2. One who converts into verse; one who expresses in verse the ideas of another written in prose; as, Dr. Watts was a versifier of the Psalms.
VERSIFY
Ver"si*fy, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Versified; p. pr. & vb. n.
Versifying.] Etym: [OE. versifien, F. versifier, L. versificare;
versus a verse + -ficare to make. See Verse, and -fy.]
Defn: To make verses.
I'll versify in spite, and do my best. Dryden.
VERSIFY
Ver"si*fy, v. t.
1. To relate or describe in verse; to compose in verse. I'll versify the truth, not poetize. Daniel.
2. To turn into verse; to render into metrical form; as, to versify the Psalms. Chaucer.
VERSION Ver"sion, n. Etym: [F., from L. vertere, versum, to turn, to change, to translate. See Verse.]
1. A change of form, direction, or the like; transformation; conversion; turning. The version of air into water. Bacon.