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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of idolize.

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  • adjective regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god)

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Examples

  • Caressed by the women, associating with the most amiable persons both of the court and the town, and, in short, idolized by the public, till the revolution, no performer led a more agreeable life than

    Paris as It Was and as It Is Francis W. Blagdon 1798

  • Irishman, trundling "that divil of a whirligig," as he disrespectfully called the idolized velocipede; then the wounded hero, supported by the helpful Polly; and Maud brought up the rear in tears, bearing Tom's cap.

    An Old-Fashioned Girl Louisa May Alcott 1860

  • "that divil of a whirligig," as he disrespectfully called the idolized velocipede; then the wounded hero, supported by the helpful Polly; and Maud brought up the rear in tears, bearing Tom's cap.

    An Old-Fashioned Girl 1950

  • I remember like about three years ago, I remember Walter and his wife Carol were having dinner at Mr. Chow's, and I remember going My God, I've kind of idolized Walter, I've been a fan for very many years, and so I just watched them.

    CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Walter Matthau and Diane Keaton Discuss the Making of `Hanging Up' - February 10, 2000 2000

  • "that divil of a whirligig," as he disrespectfully called the idolized velocipede; then the wounded hero, supported by the helpful Polly; and Maud brought up the rear in tears, bearing Tom's cap.

    An Old-Fashioned Girl Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888 1870

  • How do I know he wants to be enthroned and "idolized" in my heart?

    Phyllis Maria Thompson Daviess 1898

  • "I kind of idolized Mike growing up," says Robert C. "Bob" Gaffaney.

    Homepage | INFORUM | Fargo, ND 2010

  • Spc. Christopher N. Lanum, who attacked a fellow soldier at Fort Eustis with a knife and stun gun while wearing the costume, "idolized" The Joker, according to records filed yesterday in U.S. District Court in Norfolk.

    News for Richmond Times-Dispatch 2009

  • According to today's Washington Post, a man in Nevada who is said to have "idolized" the Virginia Tech murderer, has been arrested and charged with sending threatening e-mails to two other Virginia Tech students whose names had been reported as among those who had felt threatened - and in one case, stalked - by the killer.

    VDARE.com: Blog Articles 2009

  • According to today's Washington Post, a man in Nevada who is said to have "idolized" the Virginia Tech murderer, has been arrested and charged with sending threatening e-mails to two other Virginia Tech students whose names had been reported as among those who had felt threatened - and in one case, stalked - by the killer.

    VDARE.com: Blog Articles 2009

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