Definition of Lionises

1. Verb. (third-person singular of lionise) ¹

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Definition of Lionises

1. lionise [v] - See also: lionise

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lionises

lionets
lionfish
lionfishes
lionhead cichlid
lionhead cichlids
lionhead rabbit
lionheart
lionhearted
lionhearts
lionhood
lionisation
lionise
lionised
lioniser
lionisers
lionises (current term)
lionish
lionising
lionism
lionisms
lionization
lionizations
lionize
lionized
lionizer
lionizers
lionizes
lionizing
lionlike
lionly

Literary usage of Lionises

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of the United Netherlands: From the Death of William the Silent to by John Lothrop Motley (1861)
"... minutely and in detail, because its consequences upon the relations between England and Holland, between Leicester, the Queen, and the lionises, Pelham, ..."

2. The Bookman (1910)
"... admire it more than they admire any other American city; but their admiration is neither unbiased nor intelligent; because Boston lionises foreigners. ..."

3. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1899)
"... fur example, •ho made but a very poor success with his " Agis " and its dreary lionises, and who must have again felt that he had missed a good hance, ..."

4. The American Journal of Education by Henry Barnard (1862)
"As, however, the school-year closes at the end of April, in the Cadet lionises, and begins in the Artillery and Engineers' School on the l»t of October, ..."

5. The Gentleman's Magazine (1856)
"We must pass on, however, from Glaucus and his son Polydorus, (who very dutifully lionises Herodotus over a great part of the city,) and also his fair ..."

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