idolize : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: idolize	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for idolize
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
idolize v love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol; "Many teenagers idolized the Beatles" Synonym(s): idolize, idolise, worship, hero-worship, revere
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Idolize \I"dolize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Idolized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Idolizing}.] 1. To make an idol of; to pay idolatrous worship to; as, to idolize* the sacred bull in Egypt. 2. To love to excess; to love or reverence to adoration; as, to idolize gold, children, a hero.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Idolize \I"dolize\, v. i. To practice idolatry. [R.] To idolize* after the manner of Egypt. --Fairbairn.