immortalize

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/ɪˈmɔː(ɹ).təˌlaɪz/

verb

To remove the effects of normal apoptosis.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person immortalizes · participle present immortalizing · participle past immortalized · past immortalized

  1. BritishEnglishOxfordUSalternativeAlternative spelling of immortalise.

    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.

    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
  2. biologyTo remove the effects of normal apoptosis.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbbe or provide a memorial to a person or an event

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commemoratememorializememorialiseimmortalise
Broader
remind

verbmake famous forever

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changealtermodify
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amberizecommemorateeternalizeeternizeimmortalisememorializeperpetuate

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From immortal + -ize.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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