Bible Dictionaries
Idolize

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) To love to excess; to love or reverence to adoration; as, to idolize gold, children, a hero.

(2):

(v. t.) To make an idol of; to pay idolatrous worship to; as, to idolize the sacred bull in Egypt.

(3):

(v. i.) To practice idolatry.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Idolize'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​i/idolize.html. 1828.