verb
1. consider or render as ideal
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She idealized her husband after his death
• Syn: ↑idealize
• Derivationally related forms: ↑idealisation, ↑ideal, ↑idealization (for: ↑idealize), ↑ideal (for: ↑idealize)
• Hyponyms: ↑romanticize, ↑romanticise, ↑glamorize, ↑glamourise, ↑deify
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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Somebody ——s somebody
2. form ideals
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Man has always idealized
• Syn: ↑idealize
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s
Useful english dictionary. 2012.