Consider or render as ideal:
— She idealized her husband after his death.

synonym: idealise.

Roget 515: imagine, fancy, conceive; idealize, realize; dream, dream of, dream up; give to airy nothing a local habitation and a give to airy nothing a local habitation and a name" [Midsummer Night's Dream]. create, originate, devise, invent, coin, fabricate; improvise, strike out something new.    set one's wits to work; strain one's invention, crack one's invention; rack one's brains, ransack one's brains, cudgel one's brains; excogitate^†; brainstorm.    give play, give the reins, give a loose to the imagination, give fancy; indulge in reverie.    visualize, envision, conjure up a vision; fancy oneself, represent oneself, picture, picture-oneself, figure to oneself; vorstellen [G.].    float in the mind; suggest itself etc. (thought) 451.    ... show more

Dutch: idealiseren, poëtiseren, romantiseren

Form ideals:
— Man has always idealized.

synonym: idealise.