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verb
Alternative spelling of immortalise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: British, English, Oxford, US, alt-of, alternative
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To remove the effects of normal apoptosis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
make famous forever
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: immortalise, eternize, eternise, eternalize, eternalise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change, alter, modify
verb
be or provide a memorial to a person or an event
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: commemorate, memorialize, memorialise, immortalise, record
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: remind
Narrower terms: monumentalize, monumentalise
History
Etymology tree English immortal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English immortalize From immortal + -ize.
