eternalize

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verb

To make eternal; to immortalize.

Similar
eternizeimmortalizeperpetuateimmortaliseeterniseeternalise
Opposite
deimmortalizemortalize
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Meanings

verbeternalize (third-person singular simple present eternalizes, present participle eternalizing, simple past and past participle eternalized)

present singular third person eternalizes · participle present eternalizing · participle past eternalized · past eternalized

  1. transitiveTo make eternal; to immortalize.

    This occasions a flood of recollected sensory detail, Updike at his best, an eternalizing of the moment of that kiss which stands in defiance of age and decrepitude and the bone cancer winnowing Mamie in the prison of her reduced self.

    2009 June 7, T. Coraghessan Boyle, “The Road Home”, in New York Times

    Synonyms: eternize, immortalize, perpetuate

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo make eternal; to immortalize.

Similar
eternizeimmortalizeperpetuate
Opposite
deimmortalizemortalize

More synonyms by meaning

verbmake famous forever

Similar
immortalizeimmortaliseeternizeeterniseeternalise
Broader
changealtermodify
Also see
eternizeimmortaliseimmortalizeperpetuate

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From eternal + -ize.

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Cite this entry
APA

eternalize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eternalize

MLA

“eternalize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eternalize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eternalize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eternalize.

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