immortalize

verb — 2 senses

immortalize

verb

/ɪˈmɔː(ɹ).təˌlaɪz/

Etymology From immortal + -ize.

1

British, English, Oxford, US, Alternative Alternative 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

Biology, Natural sciences To remove the effects of normal apoptosis.

Derived terms
deimmortalize, immortalizable, immortalization, immortalizer, unimmortalize, unimmortalized

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