immortalize
immortalize Lexical Profile
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• verb
To confer enduring fame upon someone or something, or to preserve their memory forever, especially through a work of art, literature, or monument.
"The poet sought to immortalize the quiet beauty of the countryside in her verses."
To bestow unending life upon a being so that it is never subject to death.
"In ancient mythology, the gods decided to immortalize the hero by placing him among the stars."
To alter a lineage of cultured cells so that they proliferate indefinitely rather than undergoing normal cellular aging and death (in biology).
"The researchers used a viral vector to immortalize the human fibroblast cells for long-term laboratory study."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Coined in the mid-16th century from the adjective 'immortal' and the verb-forming suffix '-ize', ultimately tracing back to the Latin 'immortalis', from 'in-' (not) and 'mortalis' (subject to death, from 'mors', meaning 'death').