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versification|vɜːsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən|
[ad. L. versificātiōn-, versificātio, noun of action f. versificāre to versify. So F. versification (1680), Sp. versificacion, Pg. -ação, It. -azione.]
1. The action of composing verse; the art or practice of versifying.
In Rolland Crt. Venus (c 1550) ii. 176 ‘Versification, meter’ should perhaps be read for ‘Versificat in meter’ of the text.
1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 1198 The order of writing an historie..came downe as one would say from the stately chariot of versification, to prose, and went a foot. 1658Phillips, Versification, a making of Verses. 1706Pope Lett. Wks. 1736 V. 53 The thoughts I have already sent you on the subject of English Versification. 1774Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry I. ii. 27 Camden affirms, that Aldhelm..taught his countrymen the art of Latin versification. 1790Cowper Lett. 13 Sept., After perpetual versification during five years I find myself..reduced to read for my amusement. 1824Coleridge Table-t. 7 June, How lamentably the art of versification is neglected by most of the poets of the present day! 1861Wright Ess. Archæol. II. xx. 153 The southern ecclesiastics..adopted this new style of versification for their chant music. 1875Ouseley Mus. Form ii. 3 You may teach a man the rules of versification or of melody.
2. The form or style in which the words in a poetical composition are arranged; the structure of poetry or verse; measure, metre.
1693Dryden Juvenal Ded. p. v, Donn alone, of all our Country-men, had your Talent; but was not happy enough to arrive at your Versification. 1720J. Welwood Pref. to Rowe's Lucan p. xliii, As to the Translation it self,..the Language is pure, and the Versification both musical and adapted to the subject. 1729T. Cooke Tales, etc. 137 His Versifycation is mostly as faulty as his Sentiment. 1759Johnson Idler No. 60 ⁋7 The versification of Rowe he thought too melodious for the stage. 1813Byron Corsair Ded., I shall..take my chance, with that versification in which I have hitherto published nothing. 1841W. Spalding Italy & It. Isl. I. 139 Virgil was the great model, and his picturesque groups and flowing versification were imitated by many men of letters. 1880L. Stephen Pope iii. 75 To make the versification as smooth and the sense as transparent as possible.
3. A poetical or metrical version of something.
1821Q. Rev. XXV. 36 Of this song we have been favoured with the following beautiful versification. 1858Doran Crt. Fools 154 Many of his epigrams..are said to have been versifications of his own jokes. |