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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Idolize \I"dol*ize\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Idolized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Idolizing}.]
1. To make an idol of; to pay idolatrous worship to; as, to idolize the sacred bull in Egypt.
2. To love to excess; to love or reverence to adoration; as, to idolize gold, children, a hero.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Idolize \I"dol*ize\, verb (used without an object) To practice idolatry. [R.]
To idolize after the manner of Egypt. --Fairbairn.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
idolize
verb: love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol; "Many teenagers idolized the Beatles" [syn: {idolise}, {worship}, {hero-worship}, {revere}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
73 Moby Thesaurus words for "idolize": accord respect to, admire, adore, adulate, apotheosize, appreciate, belaud, bepraise, bless, blow up, boast of, brag about, celebrate, cherish, cry up, dearly love, defer to, deify, do homage to, do service, dote, emblazon, entertain respect for, esteem, eulogize, exalt, extol, favor, fetish, fetishize, flatter, glorify, hero-worship, hold dear, hold in esteem, hold in reverence, honor, idol, idolatrize, idolify, laud, lionize, look up to, love to distraction, magnify, make much of, overcommend, overesteem, overestimate, overlaud, overpraise, overprize, panegyrize, pay homage to, pay tribute, porter aux nues, praise, prize, puff, puff up, regard, respect, revere, reverence, salute, think highly of, think much of, think well of, treasure, trumpet, value, venerate, worship
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