eponymize

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verb

To name (something or someone) after oneself or another entity; to give an eponym as a name.

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Meanings

verbeponymize (third-person singular simple present eponymizes, present participle eponymizing, simple past and past participle eponymized)

present singular third person eponymizes · participle present eponymizing · participle past eponymized · past eponymized

  1. transitiveTo name (something or someone) after oneself or another entity; to give an eponym as a name.

    His name was eponymized in the Kelly pad for obstetrical and surgical tables, the Kelly cystoscope for visualization of the female bladder (he was the first to use air to inflate the bladder for examination and for catheterization of the ureters) […]

    1999, John Arthur Garraty, Mark Christopher Carnes, American Council of Learned Societies, American National Biography (volume 12, page 522)

Origin

From eponym + -ize.

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APA

eponymize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eponymize

MLA

“eponymize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eponymize. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eponymize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eponymize.

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