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1. A relationship between two lovers
   - love affair
    
2. An exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)
   - romanticism
    
3. A story dealing with love
   - love story
    
4. A novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life

1. Make amorous advances towards
   "John is romancing Mary";
   - woo, court, solicit
    
2. Have a love affair with
    
3. Talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
   "The guys always try to romance the new secretaries";
   - chat up [Brit, informal], flirt, dally, coquet [rare], philander, mash [archaic]
    
4. Tell romantic or exaggerated lies
   "This author romanced his trip to an exotic country"

1. Relating to languages derived from Latin
   "Romance languages";
   - Latin

1. The group of languages derived from Latin
   - Romance language, Latinian language

Derived forms: romancing, romanced, romances

Type of: act, Latin, lie[2], love, move, novel, quality, relationship, speak, story, talk

Encyclopedia: Romance, WV