poeticizing
poeticizing is the present participle and gerund of poeticize.
Meaning of poeticize
Verb
poeticize (third-person singular simple present poeticizes, present participle poeticizing, simple past and past participle poeticized)
- 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
- 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
Questions about poeticizing
- What is poeticizing the present participle and gerund of?
- Poeticizing is the present participle and gerund of poeticize.
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