† sentimentizev.
Etymology: < sentiment n. + -ize suffix.
the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > sentimentality > [verb (intransitive)]
1753 S. Richardson (1804) II. 286 I am involved in sentimentizing:—very hard,..that I could not get myself excused from this task.
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