lionize
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lionize (third-person singular simple present lionizes, present participle lionizing, simple past and past participle lionized)
- (transitive) To treat (a person) as if he were important, or a celebrity.
- (transitive) To visit famous places in order to revere them.
- (intransitive) To behave as a lion.