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| Main Entry: | idealize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | romanticize |
| Synonyms: | admire, dream, glorify, put on a pedestal, rhapsodize |
| Main Entry: | civilize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make cultured; develop |
| Synonyms: | acquaint, advance, better, cultivate, edify, educate, elevate, enlighten, ennoble, enrich, foster, humanize, idealize, improve, indoctrinate, inform, instruct, polish, promote, reclaim, refine, tame, uplift, acculturate, ethicize, help forward, sophisticate, spiritualize |
| Main Entry: | decorate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beautify, embellish |
| Synonyms: | adorn, bedeck, brighten, burnish, color, deck, do up*, dress up*, enhance, enrich, festoon, finish, fix up, frill, furbish, garnish, gild, grace, idealize, illuminate, ornament, paint, perfect, prank, renovate, spruce up*, trim, add finishing touches, bedizen, dress out, gussy up, jazz up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | elevate, glorify |
| Synonyms: | adore, consecrate, ennoble, exalt, extol, idealize, idolize, immortalize, venerate, worship, apostheosize, enthrone |
| Antonyms: | degrade, dishonor, lower |
| Main Entry: | dream |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conjure up scenario |
| Synonyms: | brainstorm, conceive, concoct, cook up*, crave, create, daydream, devise, envisage, fancy, fantasize, formulate, hallucinate, hanker*, hatch*, hunger, idealize, imagine, invent, long, lust, make up, picture, pine, sigh, sublimate, think, thirst, visualize, be delirious, be moonstruck, be up in clouds, build castles in air, have a flash, have a nightmare, have a notion, have a vision, search for pot of gold, stargaze, think up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | perfect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | polish; achieve |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, ameliorate, carry out, complete, consummate, crown, cultivate, develop, effect, elaborate, finish, fulfill, hone, idealize, improve, perform, realize, refine, round, slick, smooth, put finishing touch on |
| Antonyms: | destroy, ruin |
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