"romancing" meaning in English

See romancing in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: romancings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} romancing (plural romancings)
  1. The process or result of embellishing something into a romantic ideal.
    Sense id: en-romancing-en-noun-vOYzbQhm

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} romancing
  1. present participle and gerund of romance Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: romance
    Sense id: en-romancing-en-verb-vrRVw62n Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 91

Inflected forms

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