1. Act in a sentimental way or indulge in sentimental thoughts or expression
   "He tends to sentimentalize about his childhood";
   - sentimentalise [Brit], sentimentize, sentimentise [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. Look at with sentimentality or turn into an object of sentiment
   "Don't sentimentalize the past events";
   - sentimentalise [Brit]

Derived forms: sentimentalized, sentimentalizes, sentimentalizing

Type of: acquit, act, alter, bear, behave, belie, carry, change, comport, conduct, deport, do, misrepresent, modify