verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈpoetˌized or ˈpoetˌizing
poeticize
Word origin
Fr poétiser
poetize in American English
(ˈpouɪˌtaiz) (verb-ized, -izing)
intransitive verb
1.
to write poetry
transitive verb
2.
to express poetically
to poetize a story
3.
to make or treat as poetic; poeticize
to poetize reality
Alsoesp Britpoetise
Derived forms
poetizer
noun
Word origin
[1575–85; poet + -ize]This word is first recorded in the period 1575–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cusp, energy, orthodox, shelter, subaltern-ize is a verb-forming suffix occurring originally in loanwords from Greek that have enteredEnglish through Latin or French (baptize; barbarize; catechize); within English, -ize is added to adjectives and nouns to form transitive verbs with the general senses“to render, make” (actualize; fossilize; sterilize; Americanize), “to convert into, give a specified character or form to” (computerize; dramatize; itemize; motorize), “to subject to (as a process, sometimes named after its originator)” (hospitalize; terrorize; galvanize; oxidize; simonize; winterize). Also formed with -ize are a more heterogeneous group of verbs, usually intransitive, denoting a changeof state (crystallize), kinds or instances of behavior (apologize; moralize; tyrannize), or activities (economize; philosophize; theorize)