LIONIZE

PRONUNCIATION: (LY-uh-nyz)

MEANING: verb tr.: To view or treat someone as an object of great importance.

ETYMOLOGY: From the view of the lion as the king of animals. From Anglo-French liun, from Latin leo, from Greek leon. From Earliest documented use: 1825.
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LbONIZE - to gain weight

LRONIZE - to convert to dianetics

LIGNIZE - to make stiff and wooden