versificare

versificare [CL], ~ari 1 (intr.) to compose verse. 799 qui ‥ Homerum ‥ ~antem conticescere facit Alcuin Ep. 164; ex facio quoque neutro, ~or, ~aris, et gratificor, gratificaris, deponentia nascuntur Id. Gram. 878C; tunc fundo lacrimas, tunc versificor quasi Primas Neckam Poems 453. 2 (trans.) to put into verse (in quot., p. ppl.). bibliam ~atam Bacon Tert. 54; 13‥ compotus ~atus et biblioteca ~ata et liber Thobie ~atus (Catal. Librorum) Chr. Rams. app. 360. 3 (liturg.) to say or sing by verses (i. e. antiphonally). scola ‥ ~et totum psalmum cum ipsa antifona ante ostium [ecclesiae] Egb. Pont. 31; 1292 psalterium totum .. dicant et versilient [sic] pro ipsius anima ChartR 78 m. 2.