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.
Other Word Forms
- poetizer noun
- unpoetized adjective
Etymology
Origin of poetize
Example Sentences
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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.
The result must be dreadful where fervour will poetize without the aidful restraints of art and modesty.
From England's Antiphon by MacDonald, George
All very well to poetize and maunder about in quiet Hazlewood; but, by Jove! you'll find it won't do in practical life.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860 by Various
From the puppet craze well on into his precocious university life it was his passion to explore the widest ranges of experience and then to reflect, moralize, or poetize upon them.
From Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene by Hall, G. Stanley
They relieve the grossness of the material enjoyments; they poetize the meal; and if you have no women at table, mon cher, be sure to have flowers: not that I object to both together.
From That Boy Of Norcott's by Lever, Charles James
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