romancing

English

Verb

romancing

1. present participle and gerund of romance

Noun

romancing (plural romancings)

1. The process or result of embellishing something into a romantic ideal.
   • 1979, Stanley Cavell, The World Viewed: Reflections on the Ontology of Film, page 81:

     But this is merely the best cinematic instance of those romancings of history that have always tapped the popular purse […]