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Webster 1913 Edition
Lionize
Li′on-ize
(lī′ŭn-īz)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Lionized
(lī′ŭn-īzd)
, p. pr. & vb. n.
Lionizing
(lī′ŭn-īˊzĭng)
.] 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.