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Definition of Rhapsodise
1. Verb. Recite a rhapsody.
Generic synonyms: Narrate, Recite, Recount, Tell
Derivative terms: Rhapsody, Rhapsody
2. Verb. Say (something) with great enthusiasm. "Sam and Sue rhapsodise over the results of the experiment"
Definition of Rhapsodise
1. Verb. (British) (alternative spelling of rhapsodize) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rhapsodise
Literary usage of Rhapsodise
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Illustrated Magazine (1908)
"We know that such a woman would rhapsodise in such a situation, so long at least
as the weather kept fine and slugs and earwigs kept out of the caravan, ..."
2. Belgravia by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1883)
"But I do not remember anyone going into rhapsodies about Nauplia, .and so I almost
feel inclined to rhapsodise a little myself. Sheer from the waves, ..."
3. A History of Greece by George Grote, Connop Thirlwall (1853)
"... of poets towards one and the same scheme are perfectly just: — " Atqui quomodo
componi a variis auctoribus successu temporum rhapsodise potuerint, ..."
4. A History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great by John Bagnell Bury (1913)
"'On ike premature; and that the notion of sending round appeals to the cities of
Greece was foolish ; "your envoys will do nothing more than rhapsodise in ..."
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