4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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 [gcide]: Idealize \I*de"al*ize\, v. i. [Cf. F. id['e]aliser.] To form ideals. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: idealize v 1: consider or render as ideal; "She idealized her husband after his death" [syn: {idealise}] 2: form ideals; "Man has always idealized" [syn: {idealise}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 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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