Crossword clues for lionize
lionize
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lionize \Li"on*ize\ (l[imac]"[u^]n*[imac]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lionized (l[imac]"[u^]n*[imac]zd), p. pr. & vb. n. Lionizing (l[imac]"[u^]n*[imac]`z[i^]ng).]
To treat or regard as a lion or object of great interest.
--J. D. Forbes.To show the lions or objects of interest to; to conduct about among objects of interest.
--Macaulay.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"to treat (someone) as a celebrity," a hybrid from lion + -ize. Used by Scott, 1809, and preserving lion in the sense of "person of note who is much sought-after" (1715), originally in reference to the lions formerly kept in the Tower of London (referred to from late 16c.), objects of general curiosity that every visitor in town was taken to see. Related: Lionized; lionizing.
Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context transitive English) To treat (a person) as if they were important, or a celebrity. 2 (context transitive English) To visit famous places in order to revere them. 3 (context intransitive English) To behave as a lion.
WordNet
Wikipedia
Lionize is an American rock band based in Montgomery County, Maryland (Silver Spring). The sound of the band is steeped in hard rock but they frequently experiment with varying sounds from reggae, dub, Go-Go and funk. The band met while in middle school and high school and officially became Lionize in the summer of 2004. The band line-up consists of Chris Brooks (Hammond organ, Rhodes piano, piano, synthesizer, clav, lead and background vocals), Nathan Bergman (vocals, rhythm and lead guitar), Henry Upton (bass and backing vocals), and Chase Lapp (drums and percussion). Lionize has released five full-length studio albums and three E.P.'s. Tim Sult from the band Clutch appears on several albums as an additional guitar player. Other collaborations on albums include Jason Marshall, Neil Fallon, Jean Paul Gaster, Dean Frasier, David Hinds, Selwyn Brown, Sidney Mills, Cha'Mane, Squidly Cole, J. Robbins, Eric Oblander and Larry McDonald. The band is signed to Weathermaker Music, a label owned and operated by the band Clutch and Jack Flanagan. In 2015 the band released "Alpha" EP and in 2016 "The Voyage" EP.
Usage examples of "lionize".
The twenty-seven-year-old beastmaster was lionized, painted by Landseer on a commission for the Duke of Wellington, and was showered with money by young noblemen for instructing them in the art of taming.
But why is the entertainment industry lionizing him if he's picking on minority groups and putting them in a hateful category?
She was famous, she was lionized by grinning idiots (something which she disliked).
He enjoyed being lionized, and the next planet might have critics not so admiring.
It meant being lionized and free drinks and an uncritical appreciation of his banjo-playing.
While few Americans have heard of it, Britons know it as the congenial, rural town lionized on BBC radio’s “Letter from America”, broadcast by Alistair Cooke, one of our few unarmed residents.
Calm or competent leaders were indeed rare in doomed, overcrowded Vawnpolis, so Drehkos not only found himself lionized but quickly ensconced high in the command structure of the Crusader forces, as well as becoming the chief of the Morguhn refugee community.
Leaving Reynolds to be lionized, I lounged beside one of the ports and gazed toward Earth, pretending I was celebrating Nation Day in Abidjan rather than enduring this gathering of particle-pushers and inductive reasoners, most of whom were gawking at Reynolds, perhaps hoping he would live up to his reputation and perform a drugged collapse or start a fight.
Besides, it went on to explain, it was by nature already lionized, and had no need of gyrating, genuflecting humans to remind it of that fact.
The social rules of the day and this particular world made lionizing impolite.
It was Jeremy who took out most of the kids by the snack machines - and shot off Demi Harshawe's foot, too - as well as producing most of the trophy case casualties, but he repented and so he was forgiven and lionized.