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glam⋅or⋅ize

[glam-uh-rahyz]
–verb (used with object), -ized, -iz⋅ing.
1. to make glamorous.
2. to glorify or romanticize: an adventure film that tended to glamorize war.
Also, glam⋅our⋅ize; especially British, glam⋅our⋅ise.


Origin:
1935–40, Americanism; glamor + -ize


glam⋅or⋅i⋅za⋅tion, noun
glam⋅or⋅iz⋅er, noun
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glam·or·ize also glam·our·ize   (glām'ə-rīz')   
tr.v.   glam·or·ized also glam·our·ized, glam·or·iz·ing also glam·our·iz·ing, glam·or·iz·es also glam·our·iz·es
  1. To make glamorous: tried to glamorize the bathroom with expensive fixtures.

  2. To treat or portray in a romantic manner; idealize or glorify: a show that glamorizes police work.

glam'or·i·za'tion (-ər-ĭ-zā'shən) n., glam'or·iz'er n.
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