METRIFY (metrified)

Pronunciation (US):

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Irregular inflected form: metrified   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does metrify mean? 

• METRIFY (verb)
  The verb METRIFY has 2 senses:

1. compose in poetic meter

2. convert from a non-metric to the metric system

  Familiarity information: METRIFY used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• METRIFY (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Compose in poetic meter

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Context example:

The bard metrified his poems very precisely

Hypernyms (to "metrify" is one way to...):

poetise; poetize; verse; versify (compose verses or put into verse)

Domain category:

poesy; poetry; verse (literature in metrical form)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

metrification (writing a metrical composition (or the metrical structure of a composition))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Convert from a non-metric to the metric system

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

metricate; metricise; metricize; metrify

Hypernyms (to "metrify" is one way to...):

change over; convert (change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something