immortalize
to bestow unending fame upon; perpetuate.
to make immortal; endow with immortality.
Origin of immortalize
1- Also especially British, im·mor·tal·ise .
Other words from immortalize
- im·mor·ta·liz·a·ble, adjective
- im·mor·tal·i·za·tion, noun
- im·mor·tal·iz·er, noun
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How to use immortalize in a sentence
And in Moominland Midwinter Jansson immortalised her life-partner Tuulikki as wise, life-embracing Too-ticky.
General,” said Napoleon to his captor, “you have to-day immortalised your name.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) | Robert Louis StevensonAs it is probably quite out of date and unknown to our readers of the present generation, it shall be immortalised in these pages.
The Story of the "Britannia" | E. P. StathamPoor Wedmore and the others could hardly like to have their blunders and blindness immortalised.
The Life of James McNeill Whistler | Elizabeth Robins PennellI took off the flies and put on one of those phantom minnows which have immortalised the name of a certain Mr. Brown.
Little Rivers | Henry van Dyke
The portrait of him by the last, who has immortalised him, he himself applauded.
Court Beauties of Old Whitehall | W. R. H. Trowbridge
British Dictionary definitions for immortalize
immortalise
/ (ɪˈmɔːtəˌlaɪz) /
to give everlasting fame to, as by treating in a literary work: Macbeth was immortalized by Shakespeare
to give immortality to
biology to cause (cells) to reproduce indefinitely
Derived forms of immortalize
- immortalization or immortalisation, noun
- immortalizer or immortaliser, noun
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