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Definition of "rhapsodize" [rhap•so•dize]

  • To express oneself in an immoderately enthusiastic manner. (verb-intransitive)
  • To recite (something) in the manner of a rhapsody. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "rhapsodize" in a sentence
  • "If you have heard me rhapsodize about the Ipod Touch I got for Christmas, think of the same thing, only writ large."
  • "So you will just have to listen to me rhapsodize about the unbelievable gorgeousness of spring in Atlanta."
  • "The similarity between Miss G. and Jean Brodie is both teachers' verbal and emotional grandiosity as they rhapsodize regarding "greatness" and the necessary achievement of it."