Immortalise

//ɪˈmɔː(ɹ).təˌlaɪz// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To give unending life to, to make immortal.

    "The meek intelligence of thoſe dear eyes / (Bleſt be the art that can immortalize, / The art that baffles time's tyrannic claim / To quench it) here ſhines on me ſtill the ſame."

  2. 2
    make famous forever wordnet
  3. 3
    To make eternally famous.

    "His heroic deeds were immortalised in song and tale."

  4. 4
    be or provide a memorial to a person or an event wordnet

Synonyms

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commemoratecommemorateeternaliseeternalizeeterniseeternize

Example

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"The meek intelligence of thoſe dear eyes / (Bleſt be the art that can immortalize, / The art that baffles time's tyrannic claim / To quench it) here ſhines on me ſtill the ſame."

Etymology

From immortal + -ise. Perhaps modelled on Middle French immortaliser.

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