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Definition of Idealise
1. Verb. Consider or render as ideal. "She idealized her husband after his death"
Generic synonyms: Consider, Reckon, Regard, See, View
Specialized synonyms: Glamorize, Glamourise, Romanticise, Romanticize, Deify
Derivative terms: Ideal, Idealisation, Ideal, Idealization
2. Verb. Form ideals. "Man has always idealized"
Generic synonyms: Concoct, Dream Up, Hatch, Think Of, Think Up
Derivative terms: Ideal, Ideal
Definition of Idealise
1. Verb. (alternative spelling of idealize) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Idealise
1. to idealize [v -ISED, -ISING, -ISES] - See also: idealize
Lexicographical Neighbors of Idealise
Literary usage of Idealise
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Types of Tragic Drama by Charles Edwyn Vaughan (1908)
"To idealise is doubtless the highest task of the dramatist. But let it not be
supposed that ... The last and highest work of the dramatist is to idealise. ..."
2. The Life and Death of Llewellynn Jewitt: With Framentary Memoirs of Some of by William Henry Goss (1889)
"And now we come to where you may and must idealise—without producing an untruth.
... Adam and Eve not having left us their portraits we can only idealise ..."
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