verb
- past tense and past participle of poetise; to compose poetry or write in a poetic style
- to express something in an excessively poetic or romantic manner; to make something seem more poetic than it actually is
Usage: British spelling variant of 'poetized'; transitive or intransitive use
Usage: often implies artificiality or sentimentality
Examples
- She poetised her everyday observations into beautiful verses.
- The author poetised the mundane details of village life.
- He poetised about love and loss in his latest collection.
- The critic argued that the writer had poetised the historical events too much.
- They poetised their feelings in a series of sonnets.
- The landscape inspired her to poetise about nature's beauty.