† metrificatev.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin metrificat-, metrificare.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin metrificat-, past participial stem (compare -ate suffix³) of metrificare (from 13th cent. in British sources) < classical Latin metrum metre n.¹ + -ficāre -fy suffix.

Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To write in verse or metre.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > put into metre [verb (transitive)]

metre1447

metrificate?a1475

measurec1475

metrifyc1487

metrize1572

cadence1748

ringle-jingle1913

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1874) V. 321 Elpes..metrificate [a1387 J. Trevisa tr. made it in metre; L. metricavit, v.r. metrificavit] her owne epitaphy in this wise.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	metrificate
释义	† metrificatev. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin metrificat-, metrificare. Etymology: < post-classical Latin metrificat-, past participial stem (compare -ate suffix³) of metrificare (from 13th cent. in British sources) < classical Latin metrum metre n.¹ + -ficāre -fy suffix. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To write in verse or metre. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > put into metre [verb (transitive)] metre1447 metrificate?a1475 measurec1475 metrifyc1487 metrize1572 cadence1748 ringle-jingle1913 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1874) V. 321 Elpes..metrificate [a1387 J. Trevisa tr. made it in metre; L. metricavit, v.r. metrificavit] her owne epitaphy in this wise. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < v.?a1475
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