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

Derived forms: sentimentalized, sentimentalizes, sentimentalizing

See also: sentimentalization

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