immortalize
verb (used with object)
to bestow unending fame upon; perpetuate.
immortalizes
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present tense formof immortalize (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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The picture immortalizes seasonality, a two-dimensional vision of eternal harmony.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
The statue outside Crypto.com Arena that immortalizes Lakers legend Kobe Bryant after his 81-point game in 2006 misspelled the names of two players and one word.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2024
The main character in “Peking Duck” is a writer who immortalizes some memories of her immigrant mother’s lived experiences in her fiction but assures her mom that the characters aren’t her.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 14, 2022
She also does the character— and Carrie Fisher, who immortalizes Leia as an adult— proud.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2022
The graffiti on the walls was marked by Deckers and their friends, sometimes the last piece of themselves the Deckers have left behind, something that immortalizes them.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
