"sentimentalize" meaning in English

See sentimentalize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: sentimentalizes [present, singular, third-person], sentimentalizing [participle, present], sentimentalized [participle, past], sentimentalized [past]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sent-der. Proto-Italic *sentiō Latin sentiō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin sentimentumder. Old French sentementder. English sentiment English -al English sentimental Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English sentimentalize From sentimental + -ize. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|sentimental|-ize|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sent-der. Proto-Italic *sentiō Latin sentiō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin sentimentumder. Old French sentementder. English sentiment English -al English sentimental Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. 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  1. (transitive) To give a sentimental feel to. Tags: transitive
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  2. (intransitive) To think or act in a sentimental manner; to get sentimental. Tags: intransitive
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: oversentimentalize, sentimentalizer, unsentimentalized

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "sentimentalizes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "sentimentalizing",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "sentimentalized",
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        "participle",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sentimentalized",
      "tags": [
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "sentimentalize (third-person singular simple present sentimentalizes, present participle sentimentalizing, simple past and past participle sentimentalized)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "English transitive verbs"
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          "text": "Let us not sentimentalize things just because they are old. Getting all dewy-eyed about it because it was started in the 17th century doesn't make sense when we're talking about the town dump.",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To give a sentimental feel to."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sentimental",
          "sentimental"
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      ],
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        "(transitive) To give a sentimental feel to."
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          "ref": "1857, Charles Kingsley, “(please specify the page)”, in Two Years Ago, volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC:",
          "text": "he learnt to sentimentalize over cathedrals and monasteries , pictures and statues , saints and kaisers",
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      "glosses": [
        "To think or act in a sentimental manner; to get sentimental."
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        "(intransitive) To think or act in a sentimental manner; to get sentimental."
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}

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