immortalize

4 definitions found

immortalize - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Immortalize \Im*mor"tal*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     Immortalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Immortalizing.] [Cf. F.
     immortaliser.]
     1. To render immortal; to cause to live or exist forever.
        --S. Clarke.
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     2. To exempt from oblivion; to perpetuate in fame.
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              Alexander had no Homer to immortalize his guilty
              name.                                 --T. Dawes.
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  Immortalize \Im*mor"tal*ize\, v. i.
     To become immortal. [R.]
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immortalize - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  immortalize
      v 1: be or provide a memorial to a person or an event; "This
           sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration
           camps"; "We memorialized the Dead" [syn: commemorate,
           memorialize, memorialise, immortalize, immortalise,
           record]
      2: make famous forever; "This melody immortalized its composer"
         [syn: immortalize, immortalise, eternize, eternise,
         eternalize, eternalise]

immortalize - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  39 Moby Thesaurus words for "immortalize":
     aggrandize, apotheose, apotheosize, beatify, canonize, celebrate,
     commemorate, crown, deify, elevate, embalm, ennoble, enshrine,
     enthrone, eternalize, eternize, exalt, extol, freeze, glamorize,
     glorify, honor, keep alive, keep fresh, lionize, magnify,
     make legendary, memorialize, monumentalize, perennialize,
     perpetuate, preserve, preserve from oblivion, raise, saint,
     sanctify, set up, throne, uplift