immortalize

American

[ih-mawr-tl-ahyz] / ɪˈmɔr tlˌaɪz /

especially British, immortalise

verb (used with object)

immortalized, immortalizing

to bestow unending fame upon; perpetuate.
to make immortal; endow with immortality.

immortalize British

/ ɪˈmɔːtəˌlaɪz /

verb

to give everlasting fame to, as by treating in a literary work

Macbeth was immortalized by Shakespeare
to give immortality to
biology to cause (cells) to reproduce indefinitely

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Other Word Forms

immortalizable adjective
immortalization noun
immortalizer noun

Etymology

Origin of immortalize

First recorded in 1560–70; immortal + -ize

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