immortalize
C1
verb
Freq #57354
Meanings
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1
verb
make famous forever
This melody immortalized its composer
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2
verb
Alternative spelling of immortalise.
The meek intelligence of thoſe dear eyes / (Bleſt be the art that can immortalize, / The art that baffles time's tyrannic claim / To quench it) here ſhines on me ſtill the ſame.
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3
verb
be or provide a memorial to a person or an event
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4
verb
To remove the effects of normal apoptosis.
Etymology
From immortal + -ize.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
1
verb
· make famous forever
eternaliseeternalizeeterniseeternize
3
verb
· be or provide a memorial to...
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Word family
Derived forms
deimmortalizeimmortalizableimmortalizationimmortalizerunimmortalizeunimmortalized