Immortalize
[ɪ'mɔrtəlaɪz]
Definition
(verb.) make famous forever; 'This melody immortalized its composer'.
Editor: Tess--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To render immortal; to cause to live or exist forever.
(v. t.) To exempt from oblivion; to perpetuate in fame.
(v. i.) To become immortal.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Exempt from death, make immortal.[2]. Perpetuate, make everlasting.[3]. Perpetuate in memory, exempt from oblivion, make ever famous.
Edited by Bernice
Examples
- When he looked about him for another and a less intractable damsel to immortalize in melody, memory produced one with the most obliging readiness. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- This institution of the ostracism has immortalized one obscure and rather illiterate member of the democracy of Athens. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Directness was his distinctive and immortalizing quality. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Checker: Wade