immortalize
Americanverb (used with object)
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to bestow unending fame upon; perpetuate.
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to make immortal; endow with immortality.
verb
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to give everlasting fame to, as by treating in a literary work
Macbeth was immortalized by Shakespeare
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to give immortality to
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biology to cause (cells) to reproduce indefinitely
Other Word Forms
- immortalizable adjective
- immortalization noun
- immortalizer noun
Etymology
Origin of immortalize
Example Sentences
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Those gloves are especially meaningful to Street because they are immortalized on the bronze statue of her in Sun Valley, Idaho.
From Los Angeles Times
As the Olympics come back to Cortina, which hosted the Winter Games in 1956, the world’s best skiers are returning to slopes immortalized by another blockbuster production.
To cherish O’Hara for these immortalizing parts is to acknowledge her awareness that a parent’s relationship with each of their children is a two-hander.
From Salon
Nowadays, soon after a contemporary Hollywood blockbuster is released, people start speculating about when it might be immortalized as a theme-park ride.
No Hollywood star has immortalized him on the big screen.
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