memorialize
[muh-mawr-ee-uh-lahyz, -mohr-]
- to commemorate.
- to present a memorial to.
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Also especially British, me·mo·ri·al·ise.
Origin of memorialize
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commemorateadmirelionizeadoreworshipacclaimennobledignifycommendvenerateesteemhallowerectexaltcomplimentglorifymagnifyobserveaggrandizedistinguishExamples from the Web for memorialize
Contemporary Examples
“It was important to all of us to memorialize her, to recognize that she was,” writes Davis.
Art had presaged the horror and now art was to memorialize it.
Life Under Air Strikes: Children Under Fire Will Never Forget — or ForgiveClive Irving
August 3, 2014
In 2008, when she and her partner wanted to memorialize their commitment, they traveled to Canada to get married.
He goes on to compass the very nature of memory by way of considering how we memorialize mass death.
One of my sons, who now lives in the United States, was very supportive of what I have done [to memorialize the famine].
Historical Examples
No one has yet had the courage to memorialize his wealth on his tombstone.
A Circuit Rider's WifeCorra Harris
It was his purpose to memorialize his friends and his opponents.
The Jewish StateTheodor Herzl
I determined to memorialize my coin, and to read my memoir at the meeting.
Neither could he obtain the right to memorialize the throne, but was ordered to report to the Agents.
The Boston papers printed the act in mourning and, meetings were called to memorialize the legislature.
Thomas JeffersonEdward S. Ellis et. al.
memorialize
memorialise
- to honour or commemorate
- to present or address a memorial to
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Word Origin and History for memorialize
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