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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
verb
To speak with exaggerated or rapturous enthusiasm (about, (up)on or over something).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: British, English, Oxford, US, intransitive
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Synonyms: rave
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To say (something) with exaggerated or rapturous enthusiasm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: British, English, Oxford, US, transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To recount or describe (something) as a rhapsody, or in the manner of a rhapsody.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: British, English, Oxford, US, transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To perform a rhapsody.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: British, English, Oxford, US, intransitive
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verb
say (something) with great enthusiasm
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: rhapsodise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: enthuse
verb
recite a rhapsody
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: rhapsodise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: tell, narrate, recount, recite
History
Etymology tree English rhapsody Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English rhapsodize From rhapsody + -ize.
