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.
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Example Sentences
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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
Her "Red" and "Yellow Lamas" preserve and poetize her mystery.
From Beasts, Men and Gods by Ossendowski, Ferdinand
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
The result must be dreadful where fervour will poetize without the aidful restraints of art and modesty.
From England's Antiphon by MacDonald, George
I agree, my master, that 'tis better to philosophize and poetize, to blow the flame in the furnace, or to receive it from carry cats on a shield.
From Notre-Dame De Paris by Hapgood, Isabel Florence
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