He theorized and perhaps Romanced where Freddy was apt to accept only proven facts.
"There was a King in Egypt"
Norma Lorimer
At 5.30 the two principal Aiguilles were well seen, and as, by this time, it was evident that the authors of the Sardinian official map had Romanced as extensively in this neighbourhood as elsewhere, it was necessary to hold a council.
"The Ascent of the Matterhorn"
Edward Whymper
Then, the next time they met she was abashed with the recollection of having unwarrantably Romanced the plain, simple, homely little man, and she added an embarrassment of her own to that shyness of his which kept them apart.
"Annie Kilburn A Novel"
W. D. Howells