immortalize

[ih-mawr-tl-ahyz]

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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.

Also especially British, im·mor·tal·ise.

Origin of immortalize

First recorded in 1560–70; immortal + -ize

Related formsim·mor·ta·liz·a·ble, adjectiveim·mor·tal·i·za·tion, nounim·mor·tal·iz·er, noun

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Related Words for immortalize

commemorate, deify, canonize, ennoble, praise, celebrate

Examples from the Web for immortalize

Historical Examples of immortalize

"Turn actress, and immortalize your name," said Sister Vashti, striking an attitude.
The Universal Reciter
Various
And he had chosen this bright spot whereon to immortalize his name.
The Wrong Woman
Charles 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 Chronology
Joel Munsell
He is designing to immortalize himself and the Six Hundred at once.
Ralph Wilton's weird
Mrs. Alexander

British Dictionary definitions for immortalize

immortalize

immortalise

verb (tr)

to give everlasting fame to, as by treating in a literary workMacbeth was immortalized by Shakespeare
to give immortality to
biology to cause (cells) to reproduce indefinitely

Derived Formsimmortalization or immortalisation, nounimmortalizer or immortaliser, noun

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Word Origin and History for immortalize

1560s, from immortal + -ize. Perhaps modeled on Middle French immortaliser. Related: Immortalized; immortalizing.