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1. Make (someone or something) sentimental or imbue with sentimental qualities
   "Too much poetry sentimentalises the mind"; "These experiences have sentimentalised her"
   - sentimentalize
    
2. Look at with sentimentality or turn into an object of sentiment
   "Don't sentimentalise the past events"
   - sentimentalize
    
3. Act in a sentimental way or indulge in sentimental thoughts or expression
   - sentimentalize, sentimentize, sentimentise [Brit]

Derived forms: sentimentalised, sentimentalises, sentimentalising

See also: sentimentalisation [Brit]

Type of: act, alter, behave, belie, change, do, misrepresent, modify