poetize
Americanverb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
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to express poetically.
to poetize a story.
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to make or treat as poetic; poeticize.
to poetize reality.
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Example Sentences
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I agree, my master, that 'tis better to philosophize and poetize, to blow the flame in the furnace, or to receive it from carry cats on a shield.
From Notre-Dame De Paris by Hapgood, Isabel Florence
I don't know why I poetize on Vicq d'Azyr.
From Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories by Ouida
You are the subject now, and, writing you, I well may versify, not poetize: Here needs no fiction: for the graces true And virtues clip not with base flatteries.
From Pastoral Poems by Nicholas Breton, Selected Poetry by George Wither, and Pastoral Poetry by William Browne (of Tavistock) by Tutin, J. R.
"Is he to poetize or administer pills?" asked Wright, turning to me.
From Mavis of Green Hill by Baldwin, Faith
He had been touched with the prevailing romanticism; he had written hymns like Manzoni, and, like Carrer, he sought to poetize the traditions and superstitions of his countrymen.
From Modern Italian Poets Essays and Versions by Howells, William Dean
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