immortalize
[ih-mawr-tl-ahyz]
verb (used with object), im·mor·tal·ized, im·mor·tal·iz·ing.
to bestow unending fame upon; perpetuate.
to make immortal; endow with immortality.
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Also especially British, im·mor·tal·ise.
Origin of immortalize
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Examples from the Web for immortalize
Historical Examples of immortalize
"Turn actress, and immortalize your name," said Sister Vashti, striking an attitude.
The Universal ReciterVarious
And he had chosen this bright spot whereon to immortalize his name.
The Wrong WomanCharles D. Stewart
I was free to immortalize them; and my fiddling was thenceforth a work of supererogation.
Mystic London:Charles Maurice Davies
His commentary on Hogarth is said of itself to immortalize his fame.
The Every Day Book of History and ChronologyJoel Munsell
He is designing to immortalize himself and the Six Hundred at once.
Ralph Wilton's weirdMrs. Alexander
immortalize
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