idealized; idealizing
Definition of idealize
1a
: to attribute ideal characteristics to
tended to idealize her teachers
b
: to give an ideal form or value to
2
: to treat idealistically
portraitists who idealize their subjects
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The first known use of idealize was in 1786
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