romancing Definition

romance
noun

1. A love affair.

Thesaurus: love affair, liaison, attachment, courtship, intrigue, amour.
2. Sentimentalized or idealized love, valued especially for its beauty, purity and the mutual devotion of the lovers.
3. The atmosphere, feelings or behaviour associated with romantic love.

Thesaurus: adventure, mystery, fascination, excitement, appeal, allure, charm, interest.
4. A sentimental account, especially in writing or on film, of a love affair.
5. Such writing, films, etc as a group or genre.
6. A fictitious story which deals with imaginary, adventurous and mysterious events, characters, places, etc.
7. A medieval verse narrative dealing with chivalry, highly idealized love and fantastic adventures.
8. An exaggeration or absurd account or lie.
9. The group of languages, including French, Spanish, Italian and Romanian, which have developed from Latin.

Form: Romance
10. music.
A short, informal, ballad-like piece.

adj

1. Belonging or relating to the languages which have developed from Latin, such as French, Spanish, Italian and Romanian.

Form: Romance

verb romanced, romancing

1. To try to win someone's love.
intr
2. To talk or write extravagantly, romantically or fantastically.
intr
3. To lie.

Derivative: romancer
noun

Derivative: romancing
noun, adj

Etymology: 13c: from French romans, from Latin Romanicus Roman.