memorialize

[ muh-mawr-ee-uh-lahyz, -mohr- ]

verb (used with object)

, me·mo·ri·al·ized, me·mo·ri·al·iz·ing.

1. to commemorate.
2. to present a memorial to.

memorialize

/ mɪˈmɔːrɪəˌlaɪz /

verb

1. to honour or commemorate
2. to present or address a memorial to

Derived Forms

• meˈmorialˌizer, noun
• meˌmorialiˈzation, noun

Other Words From

• me·mori·al·i·zation noun
• me·mori·al·izer noun
• unme·mori·al·ized adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of memorialize¹

First recorded in 1790–1800; memorial + -ize

Example Sentences

Bryant, 41, has been memorialized in hundreds of murals in the city.

From Washington Post

Both are ceremonial formalities that memorialize politically settled events.

From Washington Post

Two photos by Richard Long memorialize a 15-day walk in 1985 through Lapland during which he turned stones to face the wind.

From Washington Post

Stacey Pitsillides, a design researcher at Northumbria University who focuses on death technology, says that virtual worlds are some of the most innovative spaces gathering strangers to memorialize covid deaths.

From MIT Technology Review

If you want to do something to memorialize your son and they won’t picket you, you should do it with this kid.

From Ozy

“It was important to all of us to memorialize her, to recognize that she was,” writes Davis.

From The Daily Beast

Art had presaged the horror and now art was to memorialize it.

From The Daily Beast

In 2008, when she and her partner wanted to memorialize their commitment, they traveled to Canada to get married.

From The Daily Beast

He goes on to compass the very nature of memory by way of considering how we memorialize mass death.

From The Daily Beast

One of my sons, who now lives in the United States, was very supportive of what I have done [to memorialize the famine].

From The Daily Beast

The Boston papers printed the act in mourning and, meetings were called to memorialize the legislature.

From Project Gutenberg

Mr. Jan Meyer suggests that those who came early to the goldfields should memorialize separately, and he would support them.

From Project Gutenberg

The Dominicans at Manila, on the same day, memorialize the home government for the suppression of the Audiencia in the islands.

From Project Gutenberg

I determined to memorialize my coin, and to read my memoir at the meeting.

From Project Gutenberg

It proceeded to call a convention and to memorialize the King and Queen, who in the end approved its course.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• admire
• adore
• commemorate
• lionize
• worship