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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He may poetize fairly, and saw poorly; or he may saw fairly, and poetize poorly; or he may both saw and poetize indifferently.
From Sex in Education or, A Fair Chance for Girls by Clarke, Edward Hammond
Life is not life if I must cease to think, Or, thinking, cease to poetize.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 by Various
V. poetize, sing, versify, make verses, rhyme, scan.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark
A woman, he told himself, should appear to us in dreams, or such a glory as may poetize her vulgarity.
From Pierre and Jean by Maupassant, Guy de
The episodes, and the hard characters, and the partly imaginary characters, you had 246 your liberty in; and you have used them well to suffuse and flavor and poetize the story.
From Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Higginson, Thomas Wentworth
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