| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To romanticize.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To glamorize. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To dream. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To construct.[Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Present participle conjugation of the verb idealize.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (idealize) | 1. Consider or render as ideal; "She idealized her husband after his death".[Wordnet]. 2. Form ideals; "Man has always idealized".[Wordnet]. 3. To make ideal; to give an ideal form or value to; to attribute ideal characteristics and excellences to; as, to idealize real life.[Websters]. 4. To treat in an ideal manner.[Websters]. 5. To form ideals.[Websters]. 6. Base verb from the following inflections: idealizing, idealized, idealizes, idealizer, idealizers, idealizingly and idealizedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "IDEALIZING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1781. (references) |
Specialty Definition: idealize
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] To form ideas.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Verb] (intransitive) To conceive or form an ideal. (references) | 2: [Verb] (transitive) To regard something as ideal. (references) | |
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