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immortalize
[ih-mawr-tl-ahyz]
verb (used with object)
to bestow unending fame upon; perpetuate.
to make immortal; endow with immortality.
immortalize
/ ɪˈmɔːtəˌlaɪz /
verb
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
Other Word Forms
- immortalizable adjective
- immortalization noun
- immortalizer noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of immortalize1
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.
The pharaohs of ancient Egypt built pyramids in the Valley of Kings to immortalize themselves.
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.
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.
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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