idealise
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishidealisei‧deal‧ise /aɪˈdɪəlaɪz/ verb [transitive] x-refa British spelling of idealize→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusidealise• For Fossey, estranged from her own relatives, it was easy to idealise the gorillas and make them family.• Any temptation to idealise the life of a ninth-century peasant should be resisted.