sentimentalize

Verb

• act in a sentimental way or indulge in sentimental thoughts or expression

• make (someone or something) sentimental or imbue with sentimental qualities
  • Too much poetry sentimentalizes the mind
    
  • These experiences have sentimentalized her
    

• look at with sentimentality or turn into an object of sentiment
  • Don't sentimentalize the past events
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  sentimentalise , sentimentize , sentimentise