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rhapsodize

American  
[rap-suh-dahyz] / ˈræp səˌdaɪz /
especially British, rhapsodise

verb (used without object)

rhapsodized, rhapsodizing

  1. to talk with extravagant enthusiasm.

  2. to speak or write rhapsodies.

verb (used with object)

rhapsodized, rhapsodizing

  1. to recite as a rhapsody.

rhapsodize British  
/ ˈræpsəˌdaɪz /

verb

  1. to speak or write (something) with extravagant enthusiasm

  2. (intr) to recite or write rhapsodies

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Etymology

Origin of rhapsodize

First recorded in 1600–10; rhapsod(y) + -ize

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