poetize

American  

[poh-i-tahyz] / ˈpoʊ ɪˌtaɪz /

especially British, poetise

verb (used without object)

poetized, poetizing

1. to write poetry.

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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

Etymology

Origin of poetize

First recorded in 1575–85; poet + -ize

Example Sentences

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

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

But to poetize the tragedy of others, to fiddle while Rome is burning, is brutal.

From The Moral Economy by Perry, Ralph Barton

I think it could even poetize the Pittikin girls, or the Hughes, in Tano's opinion,” said Carlota.

From The Squatter and the Don by Loyal, C.

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

Related Words

• conceive
• design
• devise
• form
• invent
• orchestrate
• pen
• produce
• set up
• write