"poetize" meaning in English

See poetize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: poetizes [present, singular, third-person], poetizing [participle, present], poetized [participle, past], poetized [past]
Etymology: From poet + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|poet|ize}} poet + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} poetize (third-person singular simple present poetizes, present participle poetizing, simple past and past participle poetized)
  1. (transitive) To make (something) poetic. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-poetize-en-verb-sEoFzA8E
  2. (intransitive) To compose poetry. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-poetize-en-verb-5t~VBp3c Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 25 75

Inflected forms

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