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poeticise

poeticise is the alternative form of poeticize.

Meaning of poeticize

Verb

poeticize (third-person singular simple present poeticizes, present participle poeticizing, simple past and past participle poeticized)

  1. (transitive) To make poetic, or express in poetry.
    • The ambition of Russia is most elaborately exposed in an essay highly poeticized.1829 July, The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, volume 99, page 50
  2. (intransitive) To write or speak in the manner of a poet.
    • They may poeticize when they come down upon the glory of the unclouded sun, or the extensive wonders of the developed landscape; but, my word for it, all was lost upon them, so long as their chief care was not to break their necks by a sudden descent!1846, Peers and parvenus, volumes 1-3, page 166

Forms of poeticise

third-person singular presentpoeticises
present participlepoeticising
past participlepoeticised
pastpoeticised

Origin of poeticise

From poetic + -ise.

Questions about poeticise

What is poeticise the alternative form of?
Poeticise is the alternative form of poeticize.

Words near poeticise in the dictionary

  1. poetical justice
  2. poeticalities
  3. poeticality
  4. poetically
  5. poeticalness
  6. poeticise
  7. poeticised
  8. poeticises
  9. poeticising
  10. poeticism
  11. poeticisms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: poeticise (page history and authors); poeticize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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