Lionize \Li"on*ize\ (l[imac]"[u^]n*[imac]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Lionized (l[imac]"[u^]n*[imac]zd), p. pr. & vb. n.
Lionizing (l[imac]"[u^]n*[imac]`z[i^]ng).]
1. To treat or regard as a lion or object of great interest.
--J. D. Forbes.
[1913 Webster]
2. To show the lions or objects of interest to; to conduct
about among objects of interest. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
lionize
v : assign great social importance to; "The film director was
celebrated all over Hollywood"; "The tenor was lionized
in Vienna" [syn: lionise, celebrate]
WordNet (r) 2.0
54 Moby Thesaurus words for "lionize":
adulate, aggrandize, apotheose, apotheosize, beatify, belaud,
bepraise, bless, blow up, boast of, brag about, canonize,
celebrate, crown, cry up, deify, elevate, emblazon, ennoble,
enshrine, enthrone, eulogize, exalt, extol, flatter, glamorize,
glorify, go slumming, hero-worship, idolize, immortalize, laud,
magnify, make legendary, make much of, overpraise, panegyrize,
pay tribute, porter aux nues, praise, puff, puff up, raise,
rubberneck, saint, salute, sanctify, see the lions, see the sights,
set up, sight-see, throne, trumpet, uplift
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
celebrate, lionise
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