immortalize

English

Etymology

From immortal +‎ -ize.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈmɔː(ɹ).təˌlaɪz/

Verb

immortalize (third-person singular simple present immortalizes, present participle immortalizing, simple past and past participle immortalized)

1. (American spelling, Oxford British English) Alternative spelling of immortalise
   • 1790, William Cowper, “On the Receipt of My Mother’s Picture out of Norfolk. The Gift of My Cousin Ann Bodham.”, in Poems […], London: […] [F]or J[oseph] Johnson, […] by T[homas] Bensley, […], published 1806, →OCLC, page 579:

     The meek intelligence of thoſe dear eyes / (Bleſt be the art that can immortalize, / The art that baffles time's tyrannic claim / To quench it) here ſhines on me ſtill the ſame.

2. (biology) To remove the effects of normal apoptosis.

Derived terms

• deimmortalize
• immortalization
• immortalizer