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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Etymology
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
Some thoughts and feelings, then, eternalize themselves in human speech; most thoughts and feelings do not.
From A Study of Poetry by Perry, Bliss
The thirst of eternity is what is called love among men, and whosoever loves another wishes to eternalize himself in him.
From Tragic Sense Of Life by Flitch, J. E. Crawford (John Ernest Crawford)
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
Oh, to prolong this blissful moment, to sleep, to eternalize oneself in it!
From Tragic Sense Of Life by Flitch, J. E. Crawford (John Ernest Crawford)
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