romanced
- 1Simple past and past participle of romance.
He romanced her steadily through that long, gray winter.
The young officer had romanced half the town before anyone caught on.
Note
One regular -ed form does the work of both past tense and participle, so its grammar depends on which meaning of the verb is in play. Only the wooing sense takes an object, which makes it the only one that can turn passive: she was romanced by a young officer. When the meaning is telling romantic tales or talking extravagantly, the form takes no object and pairs with have, never a passive be: he had romanced for hours.
romanced is a form of romance
romance, verb: To pursue someone romantically in the hope of winning their love; to court. Full entry
- Spelling
- romance → romanced: add -d
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /t/.
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