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

lionize \li"onize\ limac"u^nimacz, v. t. imp.  p. p.
   lionized limac"u^nimaczd, p. pr.  vb. n.
   lionizing limac"u^nimac`zi^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
see also:
lionized lionizing 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

lionize
     v : assign great social importance to; "the film director was
         celebrated all over hollywood"; "the tenor was lionized
         in vienna" syn: lionise, celebrate
see also:
lionise celebrate 

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

54 moby thesaurus words for "lionize":
   adulate, aggrandize, apotheose, apotheosize, beatify, belaud,
   bepraise, bless, blow up, boast of, brag about, canonize,
   celebrate, crown, cry up, deify, elevate, emblazon, ennoble,
   enshrine, enthrone, eulogize, exalt, extol, flatter, glamorize,
   glorify, go slumming, hero-worship, idolize, immortalize, laud,
   magnify, make legendary, make much of, overpraise, panegyrize,
   pay tribute, porter aux nues, praise, puff, puff up, raise,
   rubberneck, saint, salute, sanctify, see the lions, see the sights,
   set up, sight-see, throne, trumpet, uplift

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