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Webster 1913 Edition

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Adj.

[L.

poëticus

, Gr. [GREEK]: cf. F.

poétiquee

Of or pertaining to poetry; suitable for poetry, or for writing poetry;

as,

poetic

talent, theme, work, sentiments

Shak.

Expressed in metrical form; exhibiting the imaginative or the rhythmical quality of poetry;

as, a

poetical

composition;

poetical

prose.

Poetic license

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Noun.

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poetical ‎(comparative more poetical, superlative most poetical)

of or pertaining to poetry, suitable for poetry, or for writing poetry.
expressed in metrical form; exhibiting the imaginative or the rhythmical quality of poetry.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Book IV, chapter i
  That our work, therefore, might be in no danger of being likened to the labours of these historians, we have taken every occasion of interspersing through the whole sundry similes, descriptions, and other kind of poetical embellishments.