versifier

Example Sentences

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So after his death, in winking homage, she versifies instead his medical woes.

From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2023

Now one starts an acrostic on the prince's name, in which each side takes alternate letters; then the other versifies some sacred passage, which his opponent must catch up when he breaks off.

From Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Martinengo-Cesaresco, Countess Evelyn

John Heywood versifies the proverb thus: “A foole’s bolte is soone shot, and fleeth oftymes fer; But the foole’s bolte and the mark cum few times ner.”

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony

Such is the Mystery of the Siege of Orleans which versifies and dramatises, at a date very shortly subsequent to the actual events, the account of them already made public in different chronicles.

From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George

Now, since he has retired from business and is in prosperous circumstances, he versifies whenever and wherever he wants to, in the evening as well as in the daytime.

From Methods of Authors by Erichsen, Hugo