Idolize

v. t.	1.	To make an idol of; to pay idolatrous worship to; as, to idolize the sacred bull in Egypt. [imp. & p. p. Idolized ; p. pr. & vb. n. Idolizing .]
	2.	To love to excess; to love or reverence to adoration; as, to idolize gold, children, a hero.
v. i.	1.	To practice idolatry. To idolize after the manner of Egypt. - Fairbairn.

Verb

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idolize - love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol; "Many teenagers idolized the Beatles" Synonyms: hero-worship, idolise, revere, worship

accord respect to, admire, adore, adulate, apotheosize, appreciate, belaud, bepraise, bless, blow up, boast of, brag about, celebrate, cherish, cry up, dearly love, defer to, deify, do homage to, do service, dote, emblazon, entertain respect for, esteem, eulogize, exalt, extol, favor, fetish, fetishize, flatter, glorify, hero-worship, hold dear, hold in esteem, hold in reverence, honor, idol, idolatrize, idolify, laud, lionize, look up to, love to distraction, magnify, make much of, overcommend, overesteem, overestimate, overlaud, overpraise, overprize, panegyrize, pay homage to, pay tribute, porter aux nues, praise, prize, puff, puff up, regard, respect, reverence, salute, think highly of, think much of, think well of, treasure, trumpet, value, venerate