idealize
Origin of idealize
1- Also especially British, i·de·al·ise .
Other words from idealize
- i·de·al·iz·er, noun
- o·ver·i·de·al·ize, verb, o·ver·i·de·al·ized, o·ver·i·de·al·iz·ing.
- un·i·de·al·ized, adjective
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How to use idealize in a sentence
The Athenians killed Socrates, but they produced a Plato to idealise and even to immortalise him.
Impressions And Comments | Havelock EllisI will idealise you until you besmirch yourself—but you are no child, to do that unknowingly.
The Barrier | Allen FrenchYou idealise the fair ones of Great Poland in a way they do not deserve.
Napoleon's Letters to Josephine | Henry Foljambe HallThus, perhaps, did the new pagans of the Renaissance lovingly idealise "that mutilated stone which guards the bridge."
The Story of Florence | Edmund G. GardnerA nave tendency to idealise his own virtues he certainly shares with other moralists.
The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire | T. R. Glover
British Dictionary definitions for idealize
idealise
/ (aɪˈdɪəˌlaɪz) /
to consider or represent (something) as ideal
(tr) to portray as ideal; glorify
(intr) to form an ideal or ideals
Derived forms of idealize
- idealizer or idealiser, noun
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