idealize

The transformative process “should not be trivialized or idealized,” Miller said.

They are either ideal figures, or groups where at least the central figure is idealized and commonly known.

Now that I had exaggerated them, I had idealized, so to speak, in the reverse direction.

An idealized past becomes the refuge and solace of the spirit; present-day concerns are found sordid, and unworthy of attention.

These idealized objects, however, are not concepts—they are percepts reproduced by the memory.

I idealized them as the bravest and most generous men that ever sought a home in a strange land.