verb
Meaning 1
To make something become or appear monumental
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
monumentalize
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verb
Meaning 2
record or memorialize lastingly with a monument
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: monumentalise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: commemorate, memorialize, memorialise, immortalize, immortalise, record
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English monumental 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 monumentalize From monumental + -ize.