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heroize

heroize verb: to make someone into a hero.

Verb

heroize (third-person singular simple present heroizes, present participle heroizing, simple past and past participle heroized)

  1. (transitive) To make someone into a hero.
  2. (transitive) To treat someone as if they were a hero.

Forms of heroize

third-person singular presentheroizes
present participleheroizing
past participleheroized
pastheroized
alternative formheroise

Origin of heroize

From hero + -ize.

Words formed from heroize

Questions about heroize

What does heroize mean?
Heroize means to make someone into a hero.
What part of speech is heroize?
Heroize is a verb.
What is the past tense of heroize?
The past tense of heroize is heroized.

Words near heroize in the dictionary

  1. heroism
  2. heroisms
  3. heroistic
  4. heroization
  5. heroizations
  6. heroize
  7. heroized
  8. heroizes
  9. heroizing
  10. heroless
  11. herolessness

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