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versification

Pronunciation:  `vursufu'keyshun

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  the art or practice of writing verse
  2. [n]  the form or metrical composition of a poem
  3. [n]  a metrical adaptation of something (e.g., of a prose text)
 
 See Also: adaptation, authorship, composition, form, penning, poetic rhythm, prosody, rhyme, rhythmic pattern, rime, version, writing

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ver`si*fi*ca"tion\, n. [L. versificatio: cf. F.
versification.]
The act, art, or practice, of versifying, or making verses;
the construction of poetry; metrical composition.

 

 

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