idealize

• idealise (non-Oxford British English)

From ideal +‎ -ize.[1] Compare French idéaliser.

• IPA^(key): /aɪˈdiːəlaɪz/, /ˈaɪdɪəˌlaɪz/

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idealize (third-person singular simple present idealizes, present participle idealizing, simple past and past participle idealized)

1. (transitive) To regard something as ideal.
2. (intransitive) To conceive or form an ideal.
3. (transitive, art) To portray using idealization.

• “idealize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “idealize”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

idealize

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of idealizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

idealize

1. inflection of idealizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative