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poetize

[poh-i-tahyz]

verb (used without object)

to write poetry.

verb (used with object)

to express poetically: to poetize a story.

to make or treat as poetic; poeticize: to poetize reality.

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Also, especially British, po·et·ise.

Origin:
1575–85; poet + -ize

Related forms

po·et·iz·er, noun

un·po·et·ized, adjective

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poeticize, poetize, poeticise or poetise (pəʊˈɛtɪˌsaɪz, ˈpəʊɪˌtaɪz)

—vb
1.	(tr) to put into poetry or make poetic
2.	(intr) to speak or write poetically

poetize, poetize, poeticise or poetise

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poeticise, poetize, poeticise or poetise

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poetise, poetize, poeticise or poetise

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"We do not see God, but everywhere we see something divine; first and most typically in the center of a reasonable man, in the depth of a living human product. You can directly feel and think nature, the universe, but not the Godhead. Only the man among men can poetize and think divinely and live with religion..."

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