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li⋅on⋅ize

  [lahy-uh-nahyz] verb, -ized, -iz⋅ing.
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–verb (used with object)
1. to treat (a person) as a celebrity: to lionize the visiting poet.
2. British. to visit or exhibit the objects of interest of (a place).
–verb (used without object)
3. to pursue celebrities or seek their company.
4. British. to visit the objects of interest of a place.
Also, especially British, li⋅on⋅ise.

Origin:
1800–10; lion + ize

Related forms:
li⋅on⋅i⋅za⋅tion, noun
li⋅on⋅iz⋅er, noun
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li·on·ize   (lī'ə-nīz')   
tr.v.   li·on·ized, li·on·iz·ing, li·on·iz·es
To look on or treat (a person) as a celebrity.
li'on·i·za'tion (lī'ə-nĭ-zā'shən) n., li'on·iz'er n.
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Lionize

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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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