[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

idealize \ide"alize\, v. t. imp.  p. p. idealized; p. pr.
    vb. n. idealizing.
   1. to make ideal; to consider as ideal; to give an ideal form
      or value to; to attribute ideal characteristics and
      excellences to; as, to idealize real life. wordnet sense
      1
      1913 webster

   2. fine arts to treat in an ideal manner. see
      idealization, 2.
      1913 webster

   3. to form ideals. wordnet sense 2
      wordnet 1.5
see also:
idealized idealizing idealization 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

idealize \ide"alize\, v. i. cf. f. id'ealiser.
   to form ideals.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

idealize
     v 1: consider or render as ideal; "she idealized her husband
          after his death" syn: idealise
     2: form ideals; "man has always idealized" syn: idealise
see also:
idealise 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

34 moby thesaurus words for "idealize":
   apotheosize, deify, dematerialize, disembody, disincarnate,
   elevate, ennoble, etherealize, exaggerate, exalt, glorify,
   immaterialize, overappraise, overassess, overcalculate, overcount,
   overesteem, overestimate, overmeasure, overprize, overrate,
   overreact to, overreckon, overstate, overvalue, quixotize,
   rhapsodize, romance, romanticize, spiritize, spiritualize,
   unsubstantialize, utopianize, worship

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