immortalize

[ ih-mawr-tl-ahyz ]

/ ɪˈmɔr tlˌaɪz /

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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.

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

Origin of immortalize

First recorded in 1560–70; immortal + -ize

OTHER WORDS FROM immortalize

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

Words nearby immortalize

immoralist, immorality, immoralize, immortal, immortality, immortalize, Immortals, immortelle, immotile, immovable, immoveables

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How to use immortalize in a sentence

It was by far the biggest dinner I have seen at Bossier and it was immortalized with a photo through a video call with a family member.
Locked up in the Land of Liberty: Part III|Yariel Valdés González|July 21, 2021|Washington Blade
The telescope itself was recently immortalized in Lego form.
A century of astronomy revealed Earth’s place in the universe|Lisa Grossman|July 21, 2021|Science News
Blenko Glass Company would partner with a West Virginia artist on immortalizing the mythical Flatwoods Monster, Big Foot’s Appalachian cousin, that has become part of the fabric of regional folklore.
How a mythical backwoods monster saved a struggling West Virginia glass company|Molly Born|May 6, 2021|Washington Post
In one experiment targeting over 20,000 genes inside immortalized human kidney cells with CRISPRoff, the team was able to reliably shut those genes off.
A New CRISPR Tool Flips Genes On and Off Like a Light Switch|Shelly Fan|April 27, 2021|Singularity Hub

Monuments telescope the past into the present, seeking to immortalize figures from our past by keeping their image with us in the present.
The Fight Over Monuments of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest Holds a Lesson About Whiteness in America|Connor Towne O’Neill|July 13, 2020|Time
I was free to immortalize them; and my fiddling was thenceforth a work of supererogation.
Mystic London:|Charles Maurice Davies
Tasso attempted to immortalize their deeds; but how insignificant they were, compared with even Homer's heroes!
Beacon Lights of History, Volume V|John Lord
But it did not deter Clemens in his purpose, which was to immortalize the little book by pointing out its peculiar charms.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete|Albert Bigelow Paine
It is not every day that even a veteran of the Cape wars is given a chance to thus immortalize himself after the manner of Samson.
Miss Caprice|St. George Rathborne
Swift has immortalized a tub; other authors have endeavoured to immortalize a shilling, and a halfpenny.
Lands of the Slave and the Free|Henry A. Murray

British Dictionary definitions for immortalize

immortalize

immortalise

/ (ɪˈmɔːtəˌlaɪz) /

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 forms of immortalize

immortalization or immortalisation, nounimmortalizer or immortaliser, noun

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immortalise

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