lionize Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb assign great social importance to
    lionise; celebrate.
    • The film director was celebrated all over Hollywood
    • The tenor was lionized in Vienna

WordNet

Li"on*ize transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Lionized present participle & verbal noun Lionizing
Definitions
  1. To treat or regard as a lion or object of great interest. J. D. Forbes.
  2. To show the lions or objects of interest to; to conduct about among objects of interest. Macaulay.

Webster 1913