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v. - Compose poetry or put into the form of a poem.

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  • It doesn't take genius to versify a literal translation.
  • She also inspires poets to versify pointless incidents from their everyday lives.
  • And here another, which would versify into a fine horrible ballad -- as grand and ghastly as Alfred Tennyson's "Sisters:"
  • "If we made him," Hsiang-yün resumed, "versify on: 'In search of Miao Yü to beg for red plum blossom,' won't it be full of fun?"
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