Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • intransitive verb To describe or express in poetry or in a poetic manner.
  • intransitive verb To write poetry.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as poetize.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb To make poetic, or express in poetry

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Examples

  • Kosice refers often to change: he makes his art for the future, to poeticize the world, to make people's lives more interesting and more beautiful.

    David Galenson: An Artistic Gem in Buenos Aires David Galenson 2011

  • Kosice refers often to change: he makes his art for the future, to poeticize the world, to make people's lives more interesting and more beautiful.

    David Galenson: An Artistic Gem in Buenos Aires David Galenson 2011

  • O'Neill may seethe, Miller lecture, Williams poeticize and Mamet swear -- but let's face it, America's great contribution to world theater has been the musical.

    "Showtime," Larry Stempel's history of Broadway musicals, reviewed by Lloyd Rose Lloyd Rose 2010

  • O'Neill may seethe, Miller lecture, Williams poeticize and Mamet swear -- but let's face it, America's great contribution to world theater has been the musical.

    "Showtime," Larry Stempel's history of Broadway musicals, reviewed by Lloyd Rose Lloyd Rose 2010

  • Kosice refers often to change: he makes his art for the future, to poeticize the world, to make people's lives more interesting and more beautiful.

    David Galenson: An Artistic Gem in Buenos Aires David Galenson 2011

  • When ballet was growing up in the 19th century, water was second only to air as the element of choice in which to poeticize the ways ballet's women moved.

    All Wet Robert Greskovic 2011

  • After laughing moi butt off, of course I had to poeticize it -- lookit what mi hijo said!

    "MI MAMA ES MAYOR" 2009

  • After laughing moi butt off, of course I had to poeticize it -- lookit what mi hijo said!

    Archive 2009-06-01 2009

  • So I've been jotting down a list of words to poeticize, like "clawback" (which refers to the long-overdue efforts in the financial industry to take back (claw back) bonuses from bankers who created stupid financial deals such as those that have cratered several banks of late), or what actually started me thinking about this project over a decade ago: "numbers crunching."

    TRADING WALL STREET 2008

  • So I've been jotting down a list of words to poeticize, like "clawback" (which refers to the long-overdue efforts in the financial industry to take back (claw back) bonuses from bankers who created stupid financial deals such as those that have cratered several banks of late), or what actually started me thinking about this project over a decade ago: "numbers crunching."

    Archive 2008-12-01 2008

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