Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To describe or express in poetry or a poetic manner.
- intransitive verb To write poetry.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To compose poetry; write as a poet.
- To make poetic; cause to conform to poetic standards; express in a poetic form.
- Also spelled
poetise .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To write as a poet; to compose verse; to idealize.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To make
poetic . - verb To compose
poetry .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb compose verses or put into verse
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Examples
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All of us need something to poetize and idealise our life a little - something which we value for more than its use and which is a symbol of our emancipation from the mere materialism and deathly drudgery of daily life.
Great Regulars: All of us in India seem to be passing through Rus Bowden 2009
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The speaker tries, quite consciously, to poetize herself, to turn herself through sheer will into the object of desire.
anatomy of a poem: Joanna Fuhrman : Jeffrey McDaniel : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation 2007
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All of us need something to poetize and idealise our life a little - something which we value for more than its use and which is a symbol of our emancipation from the mere materialism and deathly drudgery of daily life.
Archive 2009-07-01 Rus Bowden 2009
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I poetize generously so please dont get upset opinionated I am who isnt in the spiders net
Archive 2009-05-01 photographerno1 2009
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Suppose a Byron saw some of these scenes, he would be inclined to poetize in this manner:
How I Found Livingstone Henry Morton 2004
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A woman, he told himself, should appear to us in dreams, or such a glory as may poetize her vulgarity.
Pierre And Jean 2003
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So before I begin to poetize, i'll take an easy with you.
Meditations Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius
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All very well to poetize and maunder about in quiet
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860 Various
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To poetize the truth in the science of charity and forgiveness can never be a great sin.
Manners and Social Usages Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood
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The ground was thickly carpeted with red and yellow leaves, little columns of smoke rising at intervals where people were burning weeds or rotten wood in the fields; and just enough purple mist to poetize everything.
Chateau and Country Life in France Mary Alsop King Waddington
missanthropist commented on the word poetize
To endeavor to employ eloquence as a poet.
May 17, 2008