romance
noun
a novel, movie, or genre of popular fiction in which characters fall in love or begin a romantic relationship (often used attributively).
have romanced
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present perfectof romance.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Through the years so many professors have romanced and often married their students that it seems a quaint, even hypocritical exercise to suddenly try to stop them.
From Time Magazine Archive
The lady might have romanced indeed, with glib falseness gilding picturesque invention, and he would not have detected it.
From Ringfield A Novel by S. Frances (Susie Frances) Harrison
In this statement one would say that the worthy chronicler must have romanced a little.
From Historical Tales, Vol. 6 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. French. by Charles Morris
