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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
lionize
    v 1: assign great social importance to; "The film director was
         celebrated all over Hollywood"; "The tenor was lionized in
         Vienna" [syn: lionize, lionise, celebrate]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]

Thesaurus Results for Lionize:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
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