IDOLIZE

v.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

To make an idol of; to pay idolatrous worship to; as, to idolize the sacred bull in Egypt.

2.
v.

To love to excess; to love or reverence to adoration; as, to idolize gold, children, a hero.

3.
v.

To practice idolatry. [R.] To idolize after the manner of Egypt. Fairbairn.


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