lionize
verb (used with object)
to treat (a person) as a celebrity.
lionise
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a variation of
lionize.
Example Sentences
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"That impulse to lionise, while laudable, flattens Franklin's fascinating quirks and sizeable ambition, stripping her of what made her such a compelling, complicated artist."
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2021
They can lionise or denigrate; they can use mass media to superimpose a subjective view on to a legacy.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 21, 2014
The inhabitants of areas governed by forest law loathed it, and would have been likely to lionise anyone who flouted it.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 14, 2010
I had only met her once before, but she took it into her head to lionise me.
From The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
She was in London again in 1851, and was dismayed by the attempts to lionise her.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 09 — Lives and Letters by Arthur Mee
