Memorialize

verb

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To provide a memorial for someone; to commemorate. British, English, Oxford, US, transitive

    "In this passage, Andromaque sees Astyanax only through the memorializing lens of his attribution to Hector, his status as "gage.""

  2. 2
    be or provide a memorial to a person or an event wordnet
  3. 3
    To convert (someone’s profile) into a memorial site/page (e.g. on Facebook). British, English, Oxford, US, transitive

    "Facebook says people with memorialized accounts do not appear in advertisements or birthday reminders on the site and are also excluded from the People You May Know list of friend suggestions."

  4. 4
    address in a memorial wordnet
  5. 5
    To create a written record of a meeting or conversation. British, English, Oxford, US, transitive

    "Most of the time, the National Security Council — the foreign policy arm of the White House — memorializes presidential phone or video calls with foreign heads of state on the so-called TNet system, the officials said."

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  1. 6
    To petition with a memorial, or statement of facts. British, English, Oxford, US, dated, transitive

    "Why, you'll—you'll ask till they tell you. Then you'll memorialize that Department (according to regular forms which you'll find out) for leave to memorialize this Department."

Etymology

From memorial + -ize.

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