metrification
English
Noun
metrification (countable and uncountable, plural metrifications)
- A composition in metrical form; a versification.
- 1864, Alfred Tennyson, “[Experiments.] In Quantity. Milton. Hendecasyllabics.”, in Enoch Arden, &c., London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], OCLC 879237670, page 175:
- Should I flounder awhile without a tumble / Thro' this metrification of Catullus, […]
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- (Canada, US) Metrication.
Related terms
- metrify
References
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for metrification in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)