Word to the Wise: Lionize

To "lionize" (LYE-uh-nize) is to treat as an object of great interest or importance.

Example (as used by James Brady in Further Lane): "At Penn State he’d been welcomed, nurtured, lionized as a track and field star who narrowly missed making our Olympic team in the decathlon."

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