different between idealise vs idealize

English

Etymology

From French idéaliser

Verb

idealise (third-person singular simple present idealises, present participle idealising, simple past and past participle idealised)

1. Alternative spelling of idealize

English

Alternative forms

• idealise

Etymology

From ideal +? -ize

Verb

idealize (third-person singular simple present idealizes, present participle idealizing, simple past and past participle idealized)

1. (transitive) To regard something as ideal.
2. (intransitive) To conceive or form an ideal.
3. (transitive, art) To portray using idealization.

Derived terms

• idealization

Translations

Further reading

• idealize in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• idealize in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Portuguese

Verb

idealize

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of idealizar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of idealizar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of idealizar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of idealizar