METRIFY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected form: metrified

Meaning:

Convert from a non-metric to the metric system

Synonyms:

metricate; metricise; metricize; metrify

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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

Meaning:

Compose in poetic meter

Example:

The bard metrified his poems very precisely

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

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))