idolize

idolize is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.To love to excess; to love or reverence to adoration; as, to idolize gold, children, a hero.
  2. 2.To practice idolatry. [R.] To idolize after the manner of Egypt. Fairbairn.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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