RHAPSODIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rhapsodize mean? 

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

1. recite a rhapsody

2. say (something) with great enthusiasm

  Familiarity information: RHAPSODIZE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RHAPSODIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they rhapsodize    ... he / she / it rhapsodizes   
Past simple: rhapsodized   
Past participle: rhapsodized   
-ing form: rhapsodizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Recite a rhapsody

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

rhapsodise; rhapsodize

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

enthuse (utter with enthusiasm)

Sentence frames:

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

Sentence examples:

Sam and Sue rhapsodize
Sam and Sue rhapsodize over the results of the experiment

Derivation:

rhapsody (an enthusiastic expression of emotion)