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1. Regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god)
   "an idolized wife"
   - adored, idolised [Brit], worshipped, worshiped [US]

1. Love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol
   "Many teenagers idolized the Beatles"
   - idolise [Brit], worship, hero-worship, revere

See also: idol, idolization, idolizer, loved

Type of: adore

Encyclopedia: Idolize