idealize

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
idealize
    v 1: consider or render as ideal; "She idealized her husband
         after his death" [syn: {idealize}, {idealise}]
    2: form ideals; "Man has always idealized" [syn: {idealize},
       {idealise}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Idealize \I*de"al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Idealized}; p. pr.
   & vb. n. {Idealizing}.]
   1. To make ideal; to consider as ideal; to give an ideal form
      or value to; to attribute ideal characteristics and
      excellences to; as, to idealize real life. [WordNet sense
      1]
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Fine Arts) To treat in an ideal manner. See
      {Idealization}, 2.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. to form ideals. [WordNet sense 2]
      [WordNet 1.5]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Idealize \I*de"al*ize\, v. i. [Cf. F. id['e]aliser.]
   To form ideals.
   [1913 Webster]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
34 Moby Thesaurus words for "idealize":
      apotheosize, deify, dematerialize, disembody, disincarnate,
      elevate, ennoble, etherealize, exaggerate, exalt, glorify,
      immaterialize, overappraise, overassess, overcalculate, overcount,
      overesteem, overestimate, overmeasure, overprize, overrate,
      overreact to, overreckon, overstate, overvalue, quixotize,
      rhapsodize, romance, romanticize, spiritize, spiritualize,
      unsubstantialize, utopianize, worship
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