versification

English

Etymology

From verse +‎ -ification.

Noun

versification (countable and uncountable, plural versifications)

1. (poetry) The act, art, or practice of composing poetic verse; the construction or measure of verse or poetry; metrical composition.
2. (biblical) The process by which the books of the Bible were divided into verses; a particular way of dividing biblical books into verses

Related terms

• verse
• versificator
• versificatrix
• versifier
• versify

Translations

The act, art, or practice of composing poetic verse

French: (please verify) versification (fr) Georgian: ლექსთწყობა (lekstc̣q̇oba), ლექსთა წყობა (leksta c̣q̇oba) Irish: rannaíocht f, rannaireacht f, véarsaíocht f Italian: versificazione Polish: wersyfikacja f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: версифика́ција f Roman: versifikácija (sh) Ukrainian: віршува́ння n (viršuvánnja)

See also

• lineation

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “versification”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Anagrams

• verifications

French

Etymology

From versifier.

Pronunciation

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Noun

versification f (plural versifications)

1. versification

Further reading

• “versification”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.