单词 | heroify |
释义 | heroifyv. transitive. To make into or treat as a hero; (also) to venerate or deify as a hero (hero n. 1). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > heroism > make a hero of [verb] heroify1677 heroize1695 hero1762 hero-worship1857 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > exaltation or glorification > exalt or glorify [verb (transitive)] heavec825 higheOE brightenOE clarifya1340 glorifya1340 enhancec1374 stellifyc1384 biga1400 exalt?a1400 raisea1400 shrinea1400 to bear up?a1425 enhighc1440 erect?a1475 assumec1503 amount1523 dignifya1530 to set up1535 extol1545 enthronize1547 augment1567 sublimate?1567 sublime1568 assumptc1571 begoda1576 royalize1589 suscitate1598 swell1601 consecrate1605 realize1611 reara1616 sphere1615 ingreata1620 superexalta1626 soara1627 ascend1628 rise1628 embroider1629 apotheose1632 grandize1640 engreaten1641 engrandizea1652 mount1651 intronificate1653 magnificent1656 superposit1661 grandify1665 heroify1677 apotheosize1695 enthrone1699 aggrandize1702 pantheonize1801 hoist1814 princify1847 queen1880 heroize1887 1677 J. Davies tr. P. Scarron Lett. xxi. 57 He seems to have heroify'd himself a hundred times over [Fr. il semble qu'il s'est Heroifié au centuple]. 1812 L. Hunt in Examiner 14 Sept. 577/1 Lord Wellington was heroified in a similar manner. 1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece I. i. xvi. 548 He represented both gods and heroes as having been mere earthborn men..deified or heroified after death as a recompense for services or striking exploits. 1890 Lock Haven (Pa.) Express 28 Oct. 2/1 Silly women..heroify the criminal by sending flowers to his cell. 1937 Isis 26 470 I do not mean that we should heroify him, but it would be much worse still..to debunk him. 1999 J. W. Loewen Lies Across Amer. xciv. 441 Our national culture particularly heroifies the first two ‘good Indians’, Pocahontas..and Squanto. Derivatives heˈroified adj. ΚΠ 1881 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 2 344 Pythagoras of Rhegion was a sculptor of athlete statues par excellence, among which that of a heroified pugilist, Euthymos, was most celebrated and frequently copied. 1921 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 18 Nov. 4/1 The much exploited thief, the heroified scoundrel,..is now charged with a peculiarly villainous crime against a girl. 2006 H. Scott Caribbean Women Writers & Globalization ii. 63 Devon..idolizes these same heroified military figures. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1677 |
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