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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
lionise
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]