The Collaborative International Dictionary
Idealize \I*de"al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Idealized; p. pr. & vb. n. Idealizing.]
To make ideal; to consider as ideal; to give an ideal form or value to; to attribute ideal characteristics and excellences to; as, to idealize real life. [WordNet sense 1]
(Fine Arts) To treat in an ideal manner. See Idealization, 2.
to form ideals. [WordNet sense 2]
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of idealize English)
Usage examples of "idealizing".
But, leaving these lower prudential regions, we find, in the nature of some of the spiritual excitements which we have been studying, good reasons for idealizing obedience.
She devoured anything she could get her hands on, including the current emperor of France, Napoleon III's Napoleonic Ideasa book idealizing the career of his famous uncle.