eternalize

American  

[ih-tur-nl-ahyz] / ɪˈtɜr nlˌaɪz /

especially British, eternalise

verb (used with object)

eternalized, eternalizing

1. to eternize.

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eternalize British  

/ ɪˈtɜːnəˌlaɪz, ɪˈtɜːnaɪz /

verb

1. to make eternal

2. to make famous for ever; immortalize

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Other Word Forms

• eternalization noun

Etymology

Origin of eternalize

First recorded in 1610–20; eternal + -ize

Example Sentences

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

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

Some thoughts and feelings, then, eternalize themselves in human speech; most thoughts and feelings do not.

From A Study of Poetry by Perry, Bliss

Every family had its own, dead or alive, oftener dead, and wanted to eternalize his features.

From Pierre and Luce by Rolland, Romain

The peripatetic philosophy, obeying rationalist propensities, has tried to eternalize the common-sense categories by treating them very technically and articulately.

From Pragmatism by James, William