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Verb: lionize  'lI-u`nIz
  1. Assign great social importance to
    "The tenor was lionized in Vienna"
    - lionise [Brit], celebrate

Derived forms: lionized, lionizing, lionizes

See also: lion

Type of: abide by, fete [], fête [], honor [US], honour [Brit, Cdn], observe, respect

Nearest

Lionel Trilling
lioness
lionet
lionfish
lion-heart
lionhearted
lion-hunter
lionisation
lionise
lionization
lionize
lion-jaw forceps
lion's beard
Lions Club
lion's foot
lion's-ear
Liopelma
Liopelma hamiltoni
Liopelmidae
liothyronine
lip