immortali'sation
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immortalize or immortalise (ɪˈmɔːtəˌlaɪz) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to give everlasting fame to, as by treating in a literary work: Macbeth was immortalized by Shakespeare |
| 2. | to give immortality to |
| 3. | biology to cause (cells) to reproduce indefinitely |
| immortalise or immortalise | |
| —vb | |
| immortali'zation or immortalise | |
| —n | |
| immortali'sation or immortalise | |
| —n | |
| im'mortalizer or immortalise | |
| —n | |
| im'mortaliser or immortalise | |
| —n | |
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