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Definition of Rhapsodizing
1. rhapsodize [v] - See also: rhapsodize
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rhapsodizing
Literary usage of Rhapsodizing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Musicians and Music-lovers, and Other Essays by William Foster Apthorp (1894)
"... having nothing definite to say,—about the fifth symphony, for instance,—try
to eke out their indistinct thought by falling into the rhapsodizing vein. ..."
2. Musicians and Music-lovers, and Other Essays by William Foster Apthorp (1894)
"... by using the open notes, than he often does by writing chromatic passages for
them ! " This was a technical point; as for rhapsodizing about the ..."
3. Evolution in Science, Philosophy, and Art: Popular Lectures and Discussions by Brooklyn Ethical Association (1891)
"... deficient in faculty or interest, though it is not safe to judge by the fact
merely that no specimens remain to us. The rhapsodizing consisted in the ..."
4. Evolution in Science, Philosophy, and Art: Popular Lectures and Discussions by Brooklyn Ethical Association (1891)
"The rhapsodizing consisted in the recitation of epic or lyric poems, in a monotonous
chant of rising and falling tones. The accompanying music was of the ..."
5. The Meaning of Good: A Dialogue by Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson (1901)
"Audu- bon even joined in, forgetting for the moment his customary pose, and
rhapsodizing with the rest over his favourite pursuits of snipe-shooting and ..."
6. The Honey-comb: Or, Nine-months by Ruth Van Saun (1920)
"Now and again she falls into rhapsodizing upon her unborn babe, her girlhood
days, Christmas and Thanksgiving times, the old barn at home, the apple orchard ..."
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