Idolise

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of idolize. UK, alt-of, nonstandard

    "Can I bear to write shame on that fair young brow—send him forth a wanderer from the home of which he has been the delight—sow dissension between a father and son, who now idolise each other?"

  2. 2
    love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol wordnet

Synonyms

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hero-worshipidolizeidolizerevereworship

Example

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"If it be bad to idolise you, I am the worst of men; if it be good, I am the best. My love for you is above all other love, and my truth to you is above all other truth."

Etymology

From idol + -ise.

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