idolise

English

Etymology

From idol +‎ -ise.

Verb

idolise (third-person singular simple present idolises, present participle idolising, simple past and past participle idolised)

1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of idolize.
   • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 125:

     Can I bear to write shame on that fair young brow—send him forth a wanderer from the home of which he has been the delight—sow dissension between a father and son, who now idolise each other?

Anagrams

• doilies