idolize Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol
    idolise; hero-worship; worship; revere.
    • Many teenagers idolized the Beatles

WordNet

I"dol*ize transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Idolized ; present participle & verbal noun Idolizing
Definitions
  1. To make an idol of; to pay idolatrous worship to; as, to idolize the sacred bull in Egypt.
  2. To love to excess; to love or reverence to adoration; as, to idolize gold, children, a hero.
I"dol*ize intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To practice idolatry. R.
    To idolize after the manner of Egypt. Fairbairn.

Webster 1913