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sonnetize, v.|ˈsɒnɪtaɪz|
[f. sonnet n.]
1. intr. To compose a sonnet or sonnets.
1798C. Smith Yng. Philos. III. 74 Yours from Upwood..has tempted me to sonnetize myself. 1821New Monthly Mag. I. 647 They must..scratch head, bite nail, and sonnettize. 1821Blackw. Mag. VIII. 541 Let green⁓sick ladies sonnetize with Bowles.
2. trans. To celebrate in, make the subject of, a sonnet or sonnets.
1799Southey Eng. Ecl. Poet. Wks. III. 68 Bruin-Bear! Now could I sonnetize thy piteous plight. 1824in Spirit Public Jrnls. (1825) 232 The Cocknies heretofore have devoted their time to sonnetizing each other.
Hence ˈsonnetizing vbl. n.
1832Fraser's Mag. VI. 630 [He] has a good ear for sonnetising. |