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memorialize

[muh-mawr-ee-uh-lahyz, -mohr-] Origin

me·mo·ri·al·ize

[muh-mawr-ee-uh-lahyz, -mohr-]
verb (used with object), -ized, -iz·ing.
1.
to commemorate.
2.
to present a memorial to.
Also, especially British, me·mo·ri·al·ise.


Origin:
1790–1800; memorial + -ize

me·mo·ri·al·i·za·tion, noun
me·mo·ri·al·iz·er, noun
un·me·mo·ri·al·ized, adjective
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an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language.
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World English Dictionary
memorialize or memorialise (mɪˈmɔːrɪəˌlaɪz)
 
vb
1.  to honour or commemorate
2.  to present or address a memorial to
 
memorialise or memorialise
 
vb
 
memoriali'zation or memorialise
 
n
 
memoriali'sation or memorialise
 
n
 
me'morializer or memorialise
 
n
 
me'morialiser or memorialise
 
n

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Word Origin & History

memorialize
1798, from memorial + -ize.
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