单词 | idolize |
释义 | idolizev. 1. a. transitive. To make an idol of, to render to (a person or thing) such adoration or worship as is commonly given to an idol; hence, to venerate, adore, or love to excess. (Cf. idolatrize v. 2.) Also absol. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > reverence > revere [verb (transitive)] > greatly or immoderately worshipc1450 to worship the ground (a person) walks (also treads) onc1525 deify1590 idolize1605 idolatrize1615 reverence1748 pedestal1802 to put (also place, etc.) on a pedestal1811 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. ii. 494 Whose soule seduced by his erring eyes, Doth some proud Dame deuoutly Idolize. 1644 O. Cromwell Speech 9 Dec. in Writings & Speeches (1937) (modernized text) I. 316 They [sc. my soldiers] do not idolize me, but look upon the cause they fight for. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 200 The affectation, which..has prevailed in Paris..of idolizing the memory of your Henry the Fourth. View more context for this quotation 1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last Days of Pompeii II. iii. iii. 36 From my childhood upward I have idolized the dreams of Virtue. 1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal I. iii. 97 He idolizes you, and he lets all the world see it. 1919 M. K. Bradby Psycho-anal. 65 For instance, one person may be prone to jealousy, another to idolise. b. In literal sense: To make into an idol, to worship as an idol or idolatrously. ? Obsolete. ΚΠ 1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I ii. ii. 15 The Moon is the same..with Diana, which the Gauls greatly idolized. 1722 J. Covel Some Acct. Greek Church 354 The Brasen Serpent..when it was abused and Idolized. 1824 T. Fenby Paraphr. Isa. ix. 7 He..Carveth a log of soundest wood To idolize. 2. intransitive. To practise idolatry (cf. idolatrize v. 1). ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > theism > paganism > practice paganism [verb (intransitive)] idolatrize1592 gentilize1593 idolizea1627 paganize1640 ethnicize1665 heathenize1681 infidelize1876 a1627 H. Shirley Martyr'd Souldier (1638) ii. sig. D3v Twas I that taught thee first to Idolize. 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια Ep. Ded. sig. A2v Then the Jewish Apostates Idolized with it, and by it. a1864 Fairbairn in Webster To idolize after the manner of Egypt. Derivatives ˈidolizing n. and adj. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > theism > paganism > [noun] heathenessec900 heathenshipa1000 heathendomc1000 idolatrya1325 mammetryc1330 spiritual fornicationa1340 whoredomc1350 prepucya1382 miscreancea1393 imagery1395 gentility?a1425 paganismc1425 paganityc1450 prepucec1475 Mahometry1481 superstitiousness1526 uncircumcision1526 whoring1530 idolry1535 paynimhood1543 image-worshipping1544 paganrya1550 idololatry1550 gentilism1561 old religion1567 heathenishness1571 image worship1572 heathenry1577 irreligiousness?1577 idolatrousness1583 uncircumcisedness1583 irreligion1598 ethnicism1600 infidelity1603 superstition1603 heathenism1605 idolism1608 miscreancy1611 misreligion1623 Baalisma1625 iconolatry1624 idolomania1624 idolomany1624 idolizing1637 idol-worship1667 ethnicity1772 symbololatry1828 Baal-worship1834 irreligionism1843 gentiledom1844 triology1894 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > reverence > [noun] > immoderate reverence idolatryc1386 mammetrya1400 worshipa1616 idolizing1637 idolism1816 idolization1853 1637 G. Gillespie Dispute against Eng.-Popish Ceremonies iii. iv. 50 The Idolizing of the Ceremonies. 1677 R. Gilpin Dæmonol. Sacra iii. xi. 74 A sinful idolizing of the Creature. 1870 J. Ruskin Aratra Pentelici ii. §33 The second great condition for the advance of the art of sculpture is that the race should possess, in addition to the mimetic instinct, the realistic or idolizing instinct. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1605 |
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