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
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
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
