"rhapsodize" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: rhapsodizes [present, singular, third-person], rhapsodizing [participle, present], rhapsodized [participle, past], rhapsodized [past]
Etymology: rhapsody + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|rhapsody|ize}} rhapsody + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} rhapsodize (third-person singular simple present rhapsodizes, present participle rhapsodizing, simple past and past participle rhapsodized)
  1. (intransitive) To speak with exaggerated or rapturous enthusiasm (about, (up)on or over something). Tags: British, English, Oxford, US, intransitive Synonyms: rave
    Sense id: en-rhapsodize-en-verb-N-JjJTHc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ize, Oxford spellings Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 34 13 11 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 49 26 14 10 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 47 25 14 14 Disambiguation of Oxford spellings: 63 26 4 7
  2. (transitive) To say (something) with exaggerated or rapturous enthusiasm. Tags: British, English, Oxford, US, transitive
    Sense id: en-rhapsodize-en-verb-gyZtzPIn
  3. (transitive) To recount or describe (something) as a rhapsody, or in the manner of a rhapsody. Tags: British, English, Oxford, US, transitive
    Sense id: en-rhapsodize-en-verb-oQ-BwZ5w
  4. (intransitive) To perform a rhapsody. Tags: British, English, Oxford, US, intransitive
    Sense id: en-rhapsodize-en-verb-UxLiX~ao
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: rhapsodise (english: non-Oxford British English) [Commonwealth]

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