lionize (v.)
- adulate
- aggrandize
- apotheose
- apotheosize
- beatify
- bless
- canonize
- celebrate
- crown
- deify
- elevate
- emblazon
- ennoble
- enshrine
- enthrone
- eulogize
- exalt
- extol
- flatter
- glamorize
- glorify
- hero-worship
- idolize
- immortalize
- laud
- magnify
- overpraise
- praise
- puff
- raise
- rubberneck
- saint
- salute
- sanctify
- throne
- trumpet
- uplift