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versification definition

ver·si·fi·ca·tion (vʉr′sə fi kā′s̸hən)

noun

  1. the act of versifying
  2. the art, practice, or theory of poetic composition
  3. the form or style of a poem; metrical structure
  4. a metrical version, as of a story, prose work, etc.

Etymology: L versificatio

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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