immortalize

[ih-mawr-tl-ahyz]

im·mor·tal·ize

[ih-mawr-tl-ahyz]
verb (used with object), im·mor·tal·ized, im·mor·tal·iz·ing.
1.
to bestow unending fame upon; perpetuate.
2.
to make immortal; endow with immortality.
Also, especially British, im·mor·tal·ise.


Origin:
1560–70; immortal + -ize

im·mor·ta·liz·a·ble, adjective
im·mor·tal·i·za·tion, noun
im·mor·tal·iz·er, noun
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immortalize or immortalise (ɪˈmɔːtəˌlaɪz)
 
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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