versification

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English verse
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *θakos
Proto-Italic *-fakos
Latin -ficus
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
Proto-Italic *-ājō
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin -ficō
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-is
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin -ficātiō
Old French -ificationbor.
Middle English -ificacioun
English -ification
English versification

    From verse + -ification.

    Noun

    versification (countable and uncountable, plural versifications)

    1. (poetry) The act, art, or practice of composing poetic verse; the construction or measure of verse or poetry; metrical composition.
    2. (biblical) The process by which the books of the Bible were divided into verses; a particular way of dividing biblical books into verses

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    French

    Etymology

    From versifier.

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

    versification f (plural versifications)

    1. versification

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