immortalise
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/ɪˈmɔː(ɹ).təˌlaɪz/
Definition of immortalise
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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To give unending life to, to make immortal.
“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.”
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verb
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To give unending life to, to make immortal.
“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.”
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To make eternally famous.
“His heroic deeds were immortalised in song and tale.”
“There is a local rhyme which says: Culbone, Oare and Stoke Pero Are three such places as you seldom hear o'. Stoke Pero and Culbone are equally remote hamlets, respectively 5 miles south-east and 2½ miles east of Oare, a village of which few would have heard had not Blackmore [(R. D. Blackmore)] immortalised it.”
“Performing groups, including stilt walkers and musical bands, draw crowds to one of the most elaborate processions in Taiwan, held in Hsuehchia 學甲, Tainan County 台南縣, in honor of the tenth century healer, Wu Pen 吳本. Wu was later immortalized as the Great Emperor Pao Sheng 保生大帝.”
“The clocks at either end of the stadium had just ticked past 92 minutes when Branislav Ivanovic made the run that will immortalise him in Chelsea's history.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From immortal + -ise. Perhaps modelled on Middle French immortaliser.
Words you can make from immortalise
200+ playable · top: MEMORIALIST (15 pts)
Best play memorialist 15 points10-letter words
3 words9-letter words
12 words8-letter words
34 words- AMMOLITE 12 pts
- IMMOLATE 12 pts
- IMMORTAL 12 pts
- IMMOTILE 12 pts
- MALMIEST 12 pts
- MARITIME 12 pts
- MARMITES 12 pts
- MARMOSET 12 pts
- MEMORIAL 12 pts
- MILESIMO 12 pts
- MORALISM 12 pts
- RAMMIEST 12 pts
- TRAMMELS 12 pts
- TROMMELS 12 pts
- AIRTIMES 10 pts
- AMITROLE 10 pts
- AMORTISE 10 pts
- ATOMISER 10 pts
- LAMISTER 10 pts
- LIMITERS 10 pts
- LOAMIEST 10 pts
- MARLIEST 10 pts
- MARLITES 10 pts
- MISALTER 10 pts
- MISTRIAL 10 pts
- MORALISE 10 pts
- MORALIST 10 pts
- RAMILIES 10 pts
- ROLAMITE 10 pts
- SERIATIM 10 pts
- TROILISM 10 pts
- LAIRIEST 8 pts
- LISTERIA 8 pts
- ROILIEST 8 pts
7-letter words
96 words- ATOMISM 11 pts
- IMMORAL 11 pts
- LIMMERS 11 pts
- MAIMERS 11 pts
- MALMIER 11 pts
- MARMITE 11 pts
- MARMOTS 11 pts
- MELISMA 11 pts
- MEMOIRS 11 pts
- MISMATE 11 pts
- MISTERM 11 pts
- MISTIME 11 pts
- SEMIMAT 11 pts
- SLAMMER 11 pts
- SLIMMER 11 pts
- STAMMEL 11 pts
- STAMMER 11 pts
- TAMMIES 11 pts
- TOMMIES 11 pts
- TRAMMEL 11 pts
- TROMMEL 11 pts
- AIRSOME 9 pts
- AIRTIME 9 pts
- AMIRITE 9 pts
- AMITIES 9 pts
- AMORIST 9 pts
- AMOSITE 9 pts
- ARMLETS 9 pts
- ATOMIES 9 pts
- ATOMISE 9 pts
- ELITISM 9 pts
- EROTISM 9 pts
- IMARETS 9 pts
- LAMSTER 9 pts
- LIMIEST 9 pts
- LIMITER 9 pts
- LIMITES 9 pts
- LOAMIER 9 pts
- MAESTRI 9 pts
- MAESTRO 9 pts
- MAILERS 9 pts
- MALTIER 9 pts
- MALTOSE 9 pts
- MARLITE 9 pts
- MERLOTS 9 pts
- MILREIS 9 pts
- MILTERS 9 pts
- MILTIER 9 pts
- MIRIEST 9 pts
- MISRATE 9 pts
- MISTIER 9 pts
- MISTRAL 9 pts
- MOILERS 9 pts
- MOISTER 9 pts
- MOLTERS 9 pts
- MORALES 9 pts
- MORTALS 9 pts
- MORTISE 9 pts
- MOTILES 9 pts
- MOTLIER 9 pts
- OMERTAS 9 pts
- ORALISM 9 pts
- RAMILIE 9 pts
- RAMTILS 9 pts
- REALISM 9 pts
- REMAILS 9 pts
- RIMIEST 9 pts
- SIMILAR 9 pts
- SIMITAR 9 pts
- SLIMIER 9 pts
- SMARTIE 9 pts
- SMILIER 9 pts
- SOMITAL 9 pts
- STROMAL 9 pts
- TRAMELS 9 pts
- TRISOME 9 pts
- AIRIEST 7 pts
- ESTRIOL 7 pts
- IOLITES 7 pts
- ISOLATE 7 pts
- LAITIES 7 pts
- LIATRIS 7 pts
- LOITERS 7 pts
- OILIEST 7 pts
- OLESTRA 7 pts
- ORALIST 7 pts
- REALIST 7 pts
- RETAILS 7 pts
- RIALTOS 7 pts
- SALTIER 7 pts
- SALTIRE 7 pts
- SILTIER 7 pts
- SLATIER 7 pts
- TAILERS 7 pts
- TAILORS 7 pts
- TOILERS 7 pts
6-letter words
54 words- IMMIES 10 pts
- LEMMAS 10 pts
- LIMMER 10 pts
- MAIMER 10 pts
- MAMIES 10 pts
- MARMOT 10 pts
- MEMOIR 10 pts
- AIMERS 8 pts
- ALMOST 8 pts
- AMOLES 8 pts
- AMRITS 8 pts
- ARMETS 8 pts
- ARMIES 8 pts
- ARMLET 8 pts
- EMAILS 8 pts
- IMARET 8 pts
- ISOMER 8 pts
- LAMEST 8 pts
- LIMIER 8 pts
- LIMITS 8 pts
- MAILER 8 pts
- MAILES 8 pts
- MALOTI 8 pts
- MASTER 8 pts
- MATERS 8 pts
- MATIER 8 pts
- MATRES 8 pts
- MERITS 8 pts
- MERLOT 8 pts
- MESIAL 8 pts
- METALS 8 pts
- METOLS 8 pts
- METROS 8 pts
- MILERS 8 pts
- AIOLIS 6 pts
- AIREST 6 pts
- ALERTS 6 pts
- ALTERS 6 pts
- AORIST 6 pts
- ARIELS 6 pts
- ARIOSE 6 pts
- ARIOSI 6 pts
- ARISTO 6 pts
- ARTELS 6 pts
- ARTSIE 6 pts
- ESTRAL 6 pts
- IOLITE 6 pts
- LASTER 6 pts
- LIAISE 6 pts
- LISTER 6 pts
- LITERS 6 pts
- LITRES 6 pts
- LOITER 6 pts
- LORIES 6 pts
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