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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. assign great social importance to;
- Example: "The film director was celebrated all over Hollywood"
- Example: "The tenor was lionized in Vienna"
[syn: lionize, lionise, celebrate]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lionize \Li"on*ize\ (l[imac]"[u^]n*[imac]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   Lionized (l[imac]"[u^]n*[imac]zd), p. pr. & vb. n.
   Lionizing (l[imac]"[u^]n*[imac]`z[i^]ng).]
   1. To treat or regard as a lion or object of great interest.
      --J. D. Forbes.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To show the lions or objects of interest to; to conduct
      about among objects of interest. --Macaulay.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

lionize
    v 1: assign great social importance to; "The film director was
         celebrated all over Hollywood"; "The tenor was lionized in
         Vienna" [syn: lionize, lionise, celebrate]