eternalize
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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to make eternal
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to make famous for ever; immortalize
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Origin of eternalize
Example Sentences
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According to economist Harold Innis, “stone, clay tablets and parchment are ‘heavy’ media which enable a civilization to anchor itself in the past and eternalize itself.”
From Washington Post • Mar. 25, 2015
He says, "Napoleon first solved the enigma of equality and liberty—his chief aim was the prevention of despotism—his chief desire, to eternalize the dominion of virtue."
From Germany from the Earliest Period Volume 4 by Horrocks, Mrs. George
Mozart brought the operatic style to perfection in the wonderful compositions that eternalize his fame.
From Germany from the Earliest Period Volume 4 by Horrocks, Mrs. George
Every family had its own, dead or alive, oftener dead, and wanted to eternalize his features.
From Pierre and Luce by Rolland, Romain
May we not say, perhaps, that the evil man is annihilated because he wished to be annihilated, or that he did not wish strongly enough to eternalize himself because he was evil?
From Tragic Sense Of Life by Flitch, J. E. Crawford (John Ernest Crawford)
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