RHAPSODIZE

rhapsodize, rhapsodise

(verb) say (something) with great enthusiasm

rhapsodize, rhapsodise

(verb) recite a rhapsody

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

rhapsodize (third-person singular simple present rhapsodizes, present participle rhapsodizing, simple past and past participle rhapsodized)

(intransitive) To speak with exaggerated or rapturous enthusiasm (about, (up)on or over something).

Synonym: rave

(transitive) To say (something) with exaggerated or rapturous enthusiasm.

(transitive) To recount or describe (something) as a rhapsody, or in the manner of a rhapsody.

(intransitive) To perform a rhapsody.

Source: Wiktionary


Rhap"so*dize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rhapsodized; p. pr. & vb. n. Rhapsodizing.]

Definition: To utter as a rhapsody, or in the manner of a rhapsody Sterne.

Rhap"so*dize, v. i.

Definition: To utter rhapsodies. Jefferson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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