RHAPSODISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rhapsodise mean? 

• RHAPSODISE (verb)
  The verb RHAPSODISE has 2 senses:

1. recite a rhapsody

2. say (something) with great enthusiasm

  Familiarity information: RHAPSODISE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RHAPSODISE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they rhapsodise    ... he / she / it rhapsodises   
Past simple: rhapsodised   
Past participle: rhapsodised   
-ing form: rhapsodising   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Recite a rhapsody

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

rhapsodise; rhapsodize

Hypernyms (to "rhapsodise" is one way to...):

narrate; recite; recount; tell (narrate or give a detailed account of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

rhapsody ((in ancient Greece) an epic poem adapted for recitation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Say (something) with great enthusiasm

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

rhapsodise; rhapsodize

Hypernyms (to "rhapsodise" is one way to...):

enthuse (utter with enthusiasm)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

 Context examples 

You will think me rhapsodising; but when I am out of doors, especially when I am sitting out of doors, I am very apt to get into this sort of wondering strain.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)