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immortalize

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im·mor·tal·ize  (-môrtl-z)
tr.v. im·mor·tal·ized, im·mor·tal·iz·ing, im·mor·tal·iz·es
To make immortal.

im·mortal·i·zation (--zshn) n.

immortalize, immortalise [ɪˈmɔːtəˌlaɪz]
vb (tr)
1. to give everlasting fame to, as by treating in a literary work Macbeth was immortalized by Shakespeare
2. to give immortality to
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) Biology to cause (cells) to reproduce indefinitely
immortalization , immortalisation n
immortalizer , immortaliser n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.immortalize - be or provide a memorial to a person or an eventimmortalize - be or provide a memorial to a person or an event; "This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps"; "We memorialized the Dead"
remind - put in the mind of someone; "Remind me to call Mother"
monumentalise, monumentalize - record or memorialize lastingly with a monument
2.immortalize - make famous forever; "This melody immortalized its composer"
alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"

immortalize
verb commemorate, celebrate, perpetuate, glorify, enshrine, exalt, memorialize, solemnize, apotheosize, eternalize The town was immortalized in the famous story of Dracula.
Translations
immortalize [ɪˈmɔːtəlaɪz] VTinmortalizar
immortalize [ɪˈmɔːrtəlaɪz] immortalise (British) vtimmortaliser
a wondrous event which he had immortalised in verse → un événement prodigieux qu'il avait immortalisé dans ses vers
immortalize
vtverewigen; the film which immortalized herder Film, der sie unsterblich machte
immortalize [ɪˈmɔːtəˌlaɪz] vtimmortalare


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When he looked about him for another and a less intractable damsel to immortalize in melody, memory produced one with the most obliging readiness.
The Major's smile vanished; the Major's hand dropped the pen destined to immortalize the name of my favorite autumn soup.
It was not his cue to appear at all conscious of the high honor he thus unexpectedly enjoyed; but, by leading his guest into the conversation, to elicit some important ethical ideas, which might, in obtaining a place in his contemplated publication, enlighten the human race, and at the same time immortalize himself - ideas which, I should have added, his visitor's great age, and well-known proficiency in the science of morals, might very well have enabled him to afford.
 
 
 
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