poetize

especially British, po·et·ise

[poh-i-tahyz]

verb (used without object)

poetized, poetizing 

1. to write poetry.

verb (used with object)

poetized, poetizing 

1. to express poetically.

   to poetize a story.

2. to make or treat as poetic; poeticize.

   to poetize reality.

Other Word Forms

• poetizer noun
• unpoetized adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of poetize¹

First recorded in 1575–85; poet + -ize

Example Sentences

Why single out Freud, who, despite his Romantic poetizing about the seething cauldron of the unconscious, was himself a neurological determinist and reductionist?

From Scientific American

And while the terrorists do sing and poetize in a mode similar to that of the other characters, they don’t come across exactly as humanized, or even as human.

From New York Times

Cousin Edith poetized upon the romance of the past; Jasmine counted two hundred and nine paper bags.

From Project Gutenberg

But for Maeterlinck to poetize the fact as a "nuptial flight" seemed to the man of science not only untruth to nature, but a blasphemy against the sacred love of man and woman.

From Project Gutenberg

My mother tells in her diary how in that summer of the birthday meeting, the two men roamed the country together, poetizing, botanizing, geologizing.

From Project Gutenberg

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