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sentimentalize
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sentimentalize, v. t.
To regard in a sentimental manner; as, to sentimentalize a subject. [1913 Webster]
sentimentalize, v. i.
To think or act in a sentimental manner, or like a sentimentalist; to affect exquisite sensibility. C. Kingsley. [1913 Webster]
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