versifier

verb (used with object), ver·si·fied, ver·si·fy·ing.

1. to relate, describe, or treat (something) in verse.
2. to convert (prose or other writing) into metrical form.

verb (used without object), ver·si·fied, ver·si·fy·ing.

3. to compose verses.

verb -fies, -fying or -fied

1. (tr) to render (something) into metrical form or verse
2. (intr) to write in verse

v.

mid-14c. (implied in versifier), from Old French versifier “turn into verse” (13c.), from Latin versificare “compare verse,” from versus “verse” (see verse) + root of facere “to make” (see factitious). Related: Versified; versifying.