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Elegize

To lament in an elegy; to celebrate in elegiac verse; to bewail.

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Poetize 76% connected

To write as a poet; to compose verse; to idealize.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Verse 76% connected

A line consisting of a certain number of metrical feet (see Foot, n., 9) disposed according to metrical rules.

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Versify 76% connected

To make verses.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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