idealize, idealise
(verb) form ideals; “Man has always idealized”
idealize, idealise
(verb) consider or render as ideal; “She idealized her husband after his death”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
idealize (third-person singular simple present idealizes, present participle idealizing, simple past and past participle idealized)
(transitive) To regard something as ideal.
(intransitive) To conceive or form an ideal.
(transitive, art) To portray using idealization.
Source: Wiktionary
I*de"al*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Idealized; p. pr. & vb. n. Idealizing.]
1. To make ideal; to give an ideal form or value to; to attribute ideal characteristics and excellences to; as, to idealize real life.
2. (Fine Arts)
Definition: To treat in an ideal manner. See Idealization, 2.
I*de"al*ize, v. i. Etym: [Cf. F. idéaliser.]
Definition: To form ideals.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 April 2025
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
