Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lionize"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lionize \Li"on*ize\ (-[imac]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lionized}
(-[imac]zd), p. pr. & vb. n. {Lionizing} (-[imac]`z[i^]ng).]
1. To treat or regard as a lion or object of great interest.
-- J. D. Forbes.
2. To show the lions or objects of interest to; to conduct
about among objects of interest. --Macaulay.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
lionize
v : assign great social importance to; "The film director was
celebrated all over Hollywood"; "The tenor was lionized
in Vienna" [syn: {celebrate}]
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