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met·ri·fy 1
(mĕt′rə-fī′)tr.v. met·ri·fied, met·ri·fy·ing, met·ri·fies
To put into or compose in poetic meter; versify.
[French métrifier, from Old French, from Medieval Latin metrificāre : Latin metrum, measure; see meter1 + Latin -ficāre, -fy.]
met′ri·fi·ca′tion (-fĭ-kā′shən) n.
met·ri·fy 2
(mĕt′rə-fī′)tr. & intr.v. met·ri·fied, met·ri·fy·ing, met·ri·fies
To convert into or adopt the metric system.
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metrify
(ˈmɛtrɪˌfaɪ)vb, -fies, -fying or -fied
(Poetry) (tr) prosody to render into poetic metre
ˈmetriˌfier n
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metrify
Past participle: metrified
Gerund: metrifying
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| metrify |
| metrify |
| Present |
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| I metrify |
| you metrify |
| he/she/it metrifies |
| we metrify |
| you metrify |
| they metrify |
| Preterite |
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| I metrified |
| you metrified |
| he/she/it metrified |
| we metrified |
| you metrified |
| they metrified |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am metrifying |
| you are metrifying |
| he/she/it is metrifying |
| we are metrifying |
| you are metrifying |
| they are metrifying |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have metrified |
| you have metrified |
| he/she/it has metrified |
| we have metrified |
| you have metrified |
| they have metrified |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was metrifying |
| you were metrifying |
| he/she/it was metrifying |
| we were metrifying |
| you were metrifying |
| they were metrifying |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had metrified |
| you had metrified |
| he/she/it had metrified |
| we had metrified |
| you had metrified |
| they had metrified |
| Future |
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| I will metrify |
| you will metrify |
| he/she/it will metrify |
| we will metrify |
| you will metrify |
| they will metrify |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have metrified |
| you will have metrified |
| he/she/it will have metrified |
| we will have metrified |
| you will have metrified |
| they will have metrified |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be metrifying |
| you will be metrifying |
| he/she/it will be metrifying |
| we will be metrifying |
| you will be metrifying |
| they will be metrifying |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been metrifying |
| you have been metrifying |
| he/she/it has been metrifying |
| we have been metrifying |
| you have been metrifying |
| they have been metrifying |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been metrifying |
| you will have been metrifying |
| he/she/it will have been metrifying |
| we will have been metrifying |
| you will have been metrifying |
| they will have been metrifying |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been metrifying |
| you had been metrifying |
| he/she/it had been metrifying |
| we had been metrifying |
| you had been metrifying |
| they had been metrifying |
| Conditional |
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| I would metrify |
| you would metrify |
| he/she/it would metrify |
| we would metrify |
| you would metrify |
| they would metrify |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have metrified |
| you would have metrified |
| he/she/it would have metrified |
| we would have metrified |
| you would have metrified |
| they would have metrified |
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Verb 1. [画像:metrify - compose in poetic meter]metrify - compose in poetic meter; "The bard metrified his poems very precisely"
2. [画像:metrify - convert from a non-metric to the metric system]metrify - convert from a non-metric to the metric system
convert, change over - change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy; "We converted from 220 to 110 Volt"
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