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Definition of Heroizing
1. heroize [v] - See also: heroize
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heroizing
Literary usage of Heroizing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sculptured Tombs of Hellas by Percy Gardner (1896)
"CHAPTER VI I heroizing RELIEFS BEFORE we proceed further, one distinction of
importance has to be made. It will be found that all the sepulchral monuments ..."
2. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1908)
"For more than a generation past, the pulpit, platform and press of our land nave
united in lauding and heroizing the representatives of a predatory and ..."
3. The Cambridge History of American Literature by William Peterfield Trent (1921)
"On all his pioneers, his stage- drivers, his miners, his desperadoes, his
boon-companions he has breathed with a heroizing emotion recollected in literary ..."
4. Greek Imperialism by William Scott Ferguson (1913)
"The difficulty from the standpoint of religion — of the sentiment which had led
in the past to the heroizing , of men — was that he'was still living. ..."
5. Journal by Indiana General Assembly. Senate, Indiana, General Assembly, United States Congress Senate (1837)
"The pomp, parade, and circumstance that accompany them, by heroizing their
subjects, instead of being a terror to the vicious and lawless, ..."
6. The Cults of the Greek States by Lewis Richard Farnell (1907)
"At least the oracle concerning the ' heroizing' of Cleomedes, in which this
athlete of doubtful reputation was pronounced ' the last of the heroes,' ..."
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