Idealize

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To regard as ideal.
  • v. To make or envision as ideal.
  • verb-intransitive. To render something as an ideal.
  • verb-intransitive. To conceive ideals or an ideal.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To regard something as ideal.
  • v. To conceive or form an ideal.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To make ideal; to consider as ideal; to give an ideal form or value to; to attribute ideal characteristics and excellences to.
  • v. To treat in an ideal manner. See Idealization, 2.
  • v. to form ideals.
  • verb-intransitive. To form ideals.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To make ideal; give form to in accordance with any preconceived ideal; embody in an ideal form: as, to idealize a portrait.
  • To form ideals.
  • Also spelled idealise.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. consider or render as ideal
  • v. form ideals
  • Verb Form
    idealized    idealizes    idealizing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    concoct    dream up    hatch    think of    think up   
    Variant
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    exalt    abstract    spiritualize    disrealize    sublime    sublimate    refine    heighten    perfect   
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