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sentimentalise

vb. (alternative spelling of sentimentalize English)

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sentimentalise
  1. v. make (someone or something) sentimental or imbue with sentimental qualities; "Too much poetry sentimentalizes the mind"; "These experiences have sentimentalized her" [syn: sentimentalize]

  2. look at with sentimentality or turn into an object of sentiment; "Don't sentimentalize the past events" [syn: sentimentalize]

  3. act in a sentimental way or indulge in sentimental thoughts or expression [syn: sentimentalize, sentimentize, sentimentise]

Usage examples of "sentimentalise".

Howard would have sentimentalised into two or three verses over these.

I had confined my sentimentalising to that young French-Canadian mother, and her dirty little boy who ate the pea-nut shells.

I protest that it was very dear to me, and that, at the end of a long morning devoted to my office-desk, I have often felt as if I had contributed less to the common cause than I have felt after moralizing or, if you please, sentimentalising half an hour with my friend.