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RHAPSODISE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they rhapsodise ... he / she / it rhapsodises
Past simple: rhapsodised
Past participle: rhapsodised
-ing form: rhapsodising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Say (something) with great enthusiasm
Synonyms:
rhapsodise; rhapsodize
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "rhapsodise" is one way to...):
enthuse (utter with enthusiasm)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sense 2
Meaning:
Recite a rhapsody
Synonyms:
rhapsodise; rhapsodize
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
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)
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