poetize

[poh-i-tahyz]

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verb (used without object), po·et·ized, po·et·iz·ing.

to write poetry.

verb (used with object), po·et·ized, po·et·iz·ing.

to express poetically: to poetize a story.
to make or treat as poetic; poeticize: to poetize reality.

Also especially British, po·et·ise.

Origin of poetize

First recorded in 1575–85; poet + -ize

Related formspo·et·iz·er, nounun·po·et·ized, adjective

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Related Words for poetize

form, devise, conceive, invent, write, pen, produce, design, orchestrate, ghost, originate, formulate, author, fabricate, contrive, frame, script, discover, imagine, cast

Examples from the Web for poetize

Historical Examples of poetize

It is necessary for everyone to poetize his sensations in order to comprehend them.
Adventures in the Arts
Marsden Hartley
Her "Red" and "Yellow Lamas" preserve and poetize her mystery.
Beasts, Men and Gods
Ferdinand Ossendowski
His maxim was “to poetize as he spoke, and to paint as he saw.”
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 6
Various
A woman, he told himself, should appear to us in dreams, or such a glory as may poetize her vulgarity.
Pierre and Jean
Guy de Maupassant
A woman, he told himself, should appear to us in a dream, or such a glory as may poetize her vulgarity.
The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume VIII.
Guy de Maupassant