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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
me·mo·ri·al·ize   (mə-môr'ē-ə-līz', mə-mōr'-)   
tr.v.   me·mo·ri·al·ized, me·mo·ri·al·iz·ing, me·mo·ri·al·iz·es
  1. To provide a memorial for; commemorate.
  2. To present a memorial to; petition.
me·mo'ri·al·i·za'tion (-ə-lĭ-zā'shən) n., me·mo'ri·al·iz'er n.

Memorialize

Me*mo"ri*al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Memorialized; p. pr. & vb. n. Memorializing.] To address or petition by a memorial; to present a memorial to; as, to memorialize the legislature. --T. Hook.
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