The Collaborative International Dictionary
Idolize \I"dol*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Idolized; p. pr. & vb. n. Idolizing.]
To make an idol of; to pay idolatrous worship to; as, to idolize the sacred bull in Egypt.
To love to excess; to love or reverence to adoration; as, to idolize gold, children, a hero.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of idolize English)
Usage examples of "idolizing".
Those were the days when we were fans, idolizing the tale tellers and the dream merchants, and we put all our hopes for the future—our writing, our precious brain children—into this one fragile vessel and sent it forward to the future to wait for us.
That she was even able to speak with him after she had spent her life idolizing him and seeking knowledge about him was unbelievable.
When he was young, Brennan had been a big fan of Golden Boy, idolizing him because he was handsome, strong, and fearless.