Verb
To treat or regard as a lion or object of great interest.
To show the lions or objects of interest to; to conduct about among objects of interest.
Source: Webster's dictionaryPersistence isn't very glamorous. If genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration, then as a culture we tend to lionize the 1 percent. We love its flash and dazzle. But great power lies in the other 99 percent. Susan Cain
The film director was celebrated all over Hollywood Source: Internet
The tenor was lionized in Vienna Source: Internet
Ethel was apt to lionize authors. Source: Internet
Thank you but I will lionize Comey. Source: Internet