romance
noun
a novel, movie, or genre of popular fiction in which characters fall in love or begin a romantic relationship (often used attributively).
had romanced
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past perfectof romance.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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His past was littered with women he had romanced and rejected, as well as with creditors still hoping to be paid for meals consumed and lodging used long ago.
From Time Magazine Archive
The place gratified all his ideals and dreams—for he had romanced about his sometime English possession as he had never dreamed of woman.
From The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
Suppose he had romanced about his workshop and his room?
From The Foolish Virgin by Thomas Dixon
