Part 5533

<hw>I"dol*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The worship of idols.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Idolist</h1> <Xpage=726>

<hw>I"dol*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A worshiper of idols.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Idolize</h1> <Xpage=726>

<hw>I"dol*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Idolized</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Idolizing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To make an idol of; to pay idolatrous worship to; <as>as, to <ex>idolize</ex> the sacred bull in Egypt</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To love to excess; to love or reverence to adoration; <as>as, to <ex>idolize</ex> gold, children, a hero</as>.</def>

<h1>Idolize</h1> <Xpage=726>

<hw>I"dol*ize</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To practice idolatry.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>To <b>idolize</b> after the manner of Egypt. <i>Fairbairn.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Idolizer</h1> <Xpage=726>

<hw>I"dol*i`zer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who idolizes or loves to the point of reverence; an idolater.</def>

<h1>Idoloclast</h1> <Xpage=726>

<hw>I*dol"o*clast</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ idol + <?/ to break.]</ety> <def>A breaker of idols; an iconoclast.</def>

<h1>Idolographical</h1> <Xpage=726>

<hw>I*dol`o*graph"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Idol</ets> + -<ets>graph</ets>.]</ety> <def>Descriptive of idols.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Southey.</i>

<h1>Idolous</h1> <Xpage=726>

<hw>I"dol*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Idolatrous.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bale.</i>

<h1>Idoneous</h1> <Xpage=726>

<hw>I*do"ne*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>idoneus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Appropriate; suitable; proper; fit; adequate.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>An ecclesiastical benefice . . . ought to be conferred on an <b>idoneous</b> person. <i>Ayliffe.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Idorgan</h1> <Xpage=726>

<hw>Id*or"gan</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ form + E. <ets>organ</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>A morphological unit, consisting of two or more plastids, which does not possess the positive character of the person or stock, in distinction from the physiological organ or <i>biorgan</i>. See <er>Morphon</er>.</def>

<h1>Idrialine, Idrialite</h1> <Xpage=726>

<hw><hw>Id"ri*a*line</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Id"ri*a*lite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>idrialine</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A bituminous substance obtained from the mercury mines of <i>Idria</i>, where it occurs mixed with cinnabar.</def>

<h1>Idumean</h1> <Xpage=726>