hexametrizev.
a. intransitive. To compose or write hexameters.
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hexametrize1797
1797 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 3 338 If..to hexametrize should become an amusement of our poets.
1799 R. Southey in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) I. 301 A little practice has enabled me to hexametrize with facility.
b. transitive. To put in hexametrical form; to celebrate in hexameters.
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trocheeizea1834
pentametrizea1843
hexametrize1851
1851 Fraser's Mag. 43 249 The poet stands by hexameterizing his success.
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