eternize

American  

[ih-tur-nahyz] / ɪˈtɜr naɪz /

especially British, eternise

verb (used with object)

eternized, eternizing

1. to make eternal; perpetuate.

2. to immortalize.

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Other Word Forms

• eternization
  noun
• uneternized
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of eternize

From the Medieval Latin word ēternizāre, dating back to 1560–70. See eterne, -ize

Example Sentences

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eternize eternized eternizing

The several unexpected victories obtained under your Excellency’s conduct will eternize the same unto all posterity.

From Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland by Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport)

Plate inscribed with a   ship's name. eternize   Make eternal.

From Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams Sixth President of the Unied States by Seward, William Henry

What zeal of the senators, or what of the Roman people, by decreeing the most ample honors, can eternize your virtues, O Augustus, by monumental inscriptions and lasting records?

From The Works of Horace by Horace

Many there were who sought to eternize their own Names by honouring his; some by Elegies, and other Devices, amongst the rest one made this Anagram upon his name.

From The Lives of the Most Famous English Poets (1687) by Parker, William Riley

V. last forever, endure forever, go on forever; have no end. eternize, perpetuate.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark

A woman wove through the sea of red and up to the eternized president, accompanied by a pair of panting golden retrievers.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 27, 2019

And mean time, while this Poeme shall be read, Taylor, thy name shall be eternized.

From The Faithful Shepherdess The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher (Volume 2 of 10). by Beaumont, Francis

Thus should heroes be eternized in brass, or granite, or marble, while they are instinct with the glory of action, not when they are aged and fatten and grow bilious and use ear-trumpets.

From Mated from the Morgue A tale of the Second Empire by O'Shea, John Augustus

The dead are eternized in stone, The living, by living shafts are known.

From Northern Nut Growers Association, Report Of The Proceedings At The Tenth Annual Meeting. Battle Creek, Michigan, December 9 and 10, 1919 by Northern Nut Growers Association

Let dead names be eternized in dead stone,   But living names by living shafts be known.

From Wild Flowers Worth Knowing by Blanchan, Neltje

These should have some such eternizing epitaph as this: “For four years they kept the fates banded against them uneasy.”

From The Brothers' War by Reed, John Calvin

Although more enduring than parchment, tombs, pyramids, and temples, it is as far as they from truly eternizing the memory of what man has fancied and done.

From Curiosities of the Sky by Serviss, Garrett Putman