About The Word Lionize
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Lionize
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What's The Definition Of Lionize?
[v] assign great social importance to; "The film director was celebrated all over Hollywood"; "The tenor was lionized in Vienna"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Lionize: celebrate | lionise Related Terms | Find terms related to Lionize: adulate | aggrandize | apotheose | apotheosize | beatify | belaud | bepraise | bless | blow up | boast of | brag about | canonize | celebrate | crown | cry up | deify | elevate | emblazon | ennoble | enshrine | enthrone | eulogize | exalt | extol | flatter | glamorize | glorify | go slumming | hero-worship | idolize | immortalize | laud | magnify | make legendary | make much of | overpraise | panegyrize | pay tribute | porter aux nues | praise | puff | puff up | raise | rubberneck | saint | salute | sanctify | see the lions | see the sights | set up | sight-see | throne | trumpet | uplift See Also | abide by | honor | honour | observe | respect Lionize In Webster's Dictionary \Li"on*ize\ (-[imac]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lionized}
(-[imac]zd), p. pr. & vb. n. {Lionizing} (-[imac]`z[i^]ng).]
1. To treat or regard as a lion or object of great interest.
-- J. D. Forbes.
2. To show the lions or objects of interest to; to conduct
about among objects of interest. --Macaulay.
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