immortalize

especially British, im·mor·tal·ise

[ih-mawr-tl-ahyz]

verb (used with object)

immortalized, immortalizing 

1. to bestow unending fame upon; perpetuate.

2. to make immortal; endow with immortality.

immortalize

/ ɪˈmɔːtəˌlaɪz /

verb

1. to give everlasting fame to, as by treating in a literary work

   Macbeth was immortalized by Shakespeare

2. to give immortality to

3. biology to cause (cells) to reproduce indefinitely

Other Word Forms

• immortalizable adjective
• immortalization noun
• immortalizer noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of immortalize¹

First recorded in 1560–70; immortal + -ize

Example Sentences

Now awake and aware of the need to eat, we walk the old stone to Sobrino de Botín, “It is one of the best restaurants in the world,” according to Hemingway, who immortalized the place.

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The pharaohs of ancient Egypt built pyramids in the Valley of Kings to immortalize themselves.

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Dude No. 1 will always be Brady, a sixth-round pick now immortalized outside Gillette Stadium with a behemoth bronze statue that’s probably only a tick slower in the 40 than the flesh and blood original.

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On Feb. 3, the actor had a grander and more permanent monument as evidence of his accomplishment: his handprints immortalized in cement at Hollywood’s TCL Chinese Theatre.

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When asked how he feels to be immortalized as a sculpted sponge cake with coconut lime mousse, he doesn’t flinch.

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Related Words

• commemorate