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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
idolise .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god)
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Examples
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His early death in 1989 at the age of forty has given him the kind of idolised immortality that the rest of the world bestows upon the likes of James Dean,
GreenCine Daily 2009
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Instead of the 'captive' concept the video leads to a scene where she is surrounded by diamonds as though some kind of idolised goddess, with men seated in a circle around her.
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His early death in 1989 at the age of forty has given him the kind of idolised immortality that the rest of the world bestows upon the likes of James Dean,
GreenCine Daily 2009
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She did this because she "idolised" her lover Dirk Prinsloo and would have done anything to please him, Visser told the Pretoria High Court.
News24 2009
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His commanding officers said he was 'idolised' by his men for his operational experience and humour in the most difficult conditions.
Home | Mail Online 2009
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She did this because she "idolised" her lover Dirk Prinsloo and would have done anything to please him, Visser told the Pretoria High Court.
IOL: News 2009
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But are you honestly telling me this little Geordie has the charisma and creativity necessary to be idolised by millions?
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Of course, popular musicians have always been idolised, as were Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, and Cliff Richard.
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Of course, popular musicians have always been idolised, as were Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, and Cliff Richard.
Media 2009
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A boyhood tennis nut, who idolised John McEnroe, India's great batsman spoke afterwards about his hour-long post-match summit with Roger Federer.
Sachin Tendulkar's Yorkshire roots helped make him a master of modesty 2011
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