immortalize

English

Etymology

From immortal +‎ -ize.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪˈmɔː(ɹ).təˌlaɪz/
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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

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