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Definition of Lionises
1. lionise [v] - See also: lionise
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lionises
Literary usage of Lionises
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the United Netherlands: From the Death of William the Silent to by John Lothrop Motley (1861)
"... minutely and in detail, because its consequences upon the relations between
England and Holland, between Leicester, the Queen, and the lionises, Pelham, ..."
2. The Bookman (1910)
"... admire it more than they admire any other American city; but their admiration
is neither unbiased nor intelligent; because Boston lionises foreigners. ..."
3. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1899)
"... fur example, •ho made but a very poor success with his " Agis " and its dreary
lionises, and who must have again felt that he had missed a good hance, ..."
4. The American Journal of Education by Henry Barnard (1862)
"As, however, the school-year closes at the end of April, in the Cadet lionises,
and begins in the Artillery and Engineers' School on the l»t of October, ..."
5. The Gentleman's Magazine (1856)
"We must pass on, however, from Glaucus and his son Polydorus, (who very dutifully
lionises Herodotus over a great part of the city,) and also his fair ..."
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