1. trying to win someone’s love through courtship or romantic gestures
Usage: present participle of romance
2. telling stories that are exaggerated or not entirely true
Usage: informal

Examples

• He spent months romancing her with flowers and love letters.
• The young man was romancing his college sweetheart.
• She enjoyed being romanced with candlelit dinners.
• Stop romancing about your adventures and tell us what really happened.
• He was romancing the story to make it sound more exciting.
• The author was romancing historical events in his novel.