Poeticize

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To make poetic, or express in poetry. transitive

    "The ambition of Russia is most elaborately exposed in an essay highly poeticized."

  2. 2
    To write or speak in the manner of a poet. intransitive

    "They may poeticize when they come down upon the glory of the unclouded sun, or the extensive wonders of the developed landscape; but, my word for it, all was lost upon them, so long as their chief care was not to break their necks by a sudden descent!"

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"The ambition of Russia is most elaborately exposed in an essay highly poeticized."

Etymology

From poetic + -ize.

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