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Verb: idealize  I'dee(u)lIz
  1. Consider or render as ideal
    "She idealized her husband after his death"
    - idealise [Brit]
     
  2. Form ideals
    "Man has always idealized"
    - idealise [Brit]

Derived forms: idealizing, idealizes, idealized

See also: ideal, idealization

Type of: concoct, consider, dream up, hatch, hit on, reckon, regard, see, think of, think up, view

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