versifyingn.

/ˈvəːsɪfʌɪɪŋ/

Etymology: < versify v. + -ing suffix¹.

a. The act or practice of making verses; an instance of this; the art of composing verse; versification.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > [noun] > art or practice of poetry

poesyc1390

makinga1393

rhymingc1405

metringc1425

metrificationc1450

versifyingc1450

rhythming1582

poetrya1586

versinga1586

metredom1592

versification1603

the gay science1693

versemanship1762

rhymery1822

bard-craft1840

poeticism1847

poetism1848

poetics1851

c1450 Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) 189 No clerke abyl to bere oure book Of versyfyeng, nor of other scyens.

?1479 W. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 651 I lake no-thynge but wersyfyynge, whyche I troste to haue wyth a lytyll contynuance.

a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) ii. f. 61^v Yet neither of them hath fullie hite perfite and trew versifiing.

1580 E. Spenser Let. to G. Harvey in Wks. (1912) 636 I perceiue you other whiles continue your old exercise of Versifying in English.

1655 W. Gouge & T. Gouge Learned Comm. Hebrewes (v. 14) i. 526 A Scholar exercised in versifying will readily distinguish betwixt a true and false verse.

1677 J. Peter (title) Artificial Versifying; a New Way to make Latin Verses.

1720 J. Clarke Ess. Educ. Youth 65 Of what Use Versifying is,..I do not understand.

1830 R. Southey Bunyan p. xlix In versifying he was attempting an art which he had never learnt, and for which he had no aptitude.

1892 Athenæum 6 Aug. 190/1 What really genuine poetic inspiration he showed is lost in the commonplace of too idle versifyings.

b. attributive, as versifying dialogue, etc.

ΚΠ

1686 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1907) II. 424 As to y[ou]r Versifying Dialogue with Him, I like it very well.

1725 I. Watts Logick iii. ii. §3 I confess some of these logical Subtilties have much more Use than those versifying Tables.

1737 Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 148/1 I shall exemplify by a Text, where a Singing, or mere Versifying Repetition, is literally express'd.

1787 J. Skinner Let. 14 Nov. in C. Rogers Bk. of Robert Burns (1890) II. 223 I know a classical education will not create a versifying taste.

1811 Ld. Byron Hints from Horace 839 If free, all fly his versifying fit.

1885 Athenæum 11 July 50/1 Godwin desired Wordsworth to undertake the versifying part of the business.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

versifyingadj.

Etymology: formed as versify v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈversifying.

That versifies or writes verses.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > [adjective] > composing verse

rhyming1566

rhythmical1567

versifying1580

versing1630

rhythmopoetic1865

1580 2nd & 3rd Blast Plays & Theatres 110 These versifieng Plaie-makers.

1753 T. Gray Long Story in Six Poems 15 Shame of the versifying tribe!

1893 W. Walker Three Churchmen 134 The reviewers he looks upon as ‘gamekeepers’, doing invaluable service to literature by keeping the versifying ‘poachers’ off Parnassus.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	versifying
释义	versifyingn. /ˈvəːsɪfʌɪɪŋ/ Etymology: < versify v. + -ing suffix¹. a. The act or practice of making verses; an instance of this; the art of composing verse; versification. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > [noun] > art or practice of poetry poesyc1390 makinga1393 rhymingc1405 metringc1425 metrificationc1450 versifyingc1450 rhythming1582 poetrya1586 versinga1586 metredom1592 versification1603 the gay science1693 versemanship1762 rhymery1822 bard-craft1840 poeticism1847 poetism1848 poetics1851 poetics1851 c1450 Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) 189 No clerke abyl to bere oure book Of versyfyeng, nor of other scyens. ?1479 W. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 651 I lake no-thynge but wersyfyynge, whyche I troste to haue wyth a lytyll contynuance. a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) ii. f. 61^v Yet neither of them hath fullie hite perfite and trew versifiing. 1580 E. Spenser Let. to G. Harvey in Wks. (1912) 636 I perceiue you other whiles continue your old exercise of Versifying in English. 1655 W. Gouge & T. Gouge Learned Comm. Hebrewes (v. 14) i. 526 A Scholar exercised in versifying will readily distinguish betwixt a true and false verse. 1677 J. Peter (title) Artificial Versifying; a New Way to make Latin Verses. 1720 J. Clarke Ess. Educ. Youth 65 Of what Use Versifying is,..I do not understand. 1830 R. Southey Bunyan p. xlix In versifying he was attempting an art which he had never learnt, and for which he had no aptitude. 1892 Athenæum 6 Aug. 190/1 What really genuine poetic inspiration he showed is lost in the commonplace of too idle versifyings. b. attributive, as versifying dialogue, etc. ΚΠ 1686 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1907) II. 424 As to y[ou]r Versifying Dialogue with Him, I like it very well. 1725 I. Watts Logick iii. ii. §3 I confess some of these logical Subtilties have much more Use than those versifying Tables. 1737 Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 148/1 I shall exemplify by a Text, where a Singing, or mere Versifying Repetition, is literally express'd. 1787 J. Skinner Let. 14 Nov. in C. Rogers Bk. of Robert Burns (1890) II. 223 I know a classical education will not create a versifying taste. 1811 Ld. Byron Hints from Horace 839 If free, all fly his versifying fit. 1885 Athenæum 11 July 50/1 Godwin desired Wordsworth to undertake the versifying part of the business. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online September 2018). versifyingadj. Etymology: formed as versify v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈversifying. That versifies or writes verses. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > [adjective] > composing verse rhyming1566 rhythmical1567 versifying1580 versing1630 rhythmopoetic1865 1580 2nd & 3rd Blast Plays & Theatres 110 These versifieng Plaie-makers. 1753 T. Gray Long Story in Six Poems 15 Shame of the versifying tribe! 1893 W. Walker Three Churchmen 134 The reviewers he looks upon as ‘gamekeepers’, doing invaluable service to literature by keeping the versifying ‘poachers’ off Parnassus. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.c1450adj.1580
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