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ETERNIZATION

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e⋅ter⋅nize

[i-tur-nahyz]
–verb (used with object), -nized, -niz⋅ing.
1. to make eternal; perpetuate.
2. to immortalize.
Also, especially British, e⋅ter⋅nise.


Origin:
1560–70; < ML ēternizāre. See eterne, -ize


e⋅ter⋅ni⋅za⋅tion, noun
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e·ter·nize   (ĭ-tûr'nīz')   
tr.v.   e·ter·nized, e·ter·niz·ing, e·ter·niz·es
    1. To make eternal.

    2. To protract for an indefinite period.

  1. To make perpetually famous; immortalize.


[French éterniser, from Old French eterne, eternal; see eterne.]
e·ter'ni·za'tion (-nĭ-zā'shən) n.
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