idolise

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.83 in modern English

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verb

Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of idolize.

British usage

"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?"

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Ancient Greek εἴδωλον (eídōlon)der. Latin īdōlumder. Old French idolebor. Middle English ydole English idol English -ise English idolise From idol + -ise.

idolises (present, singular) idolising (participle, present) idolised (participle, past) idolised (past)

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Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of idolize.

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