immortalise

See also: immortalisé

English

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Etymology

From immortal + -ise. Perhaps modelled on Middle French immortaliser.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪ.ˈmɔː(ɹ).tə.ˌlaɪz/

Verb

immortalise (third-person singular simple present immortalises, present participle immortalising, simple past and past participle immortalised) (Non-Oxford British English, transitive)

  1. To give unending life to, to make immortal.
  2. To make eternally famous.
    His heroic deeds were immortalised in song and tale.
    • 2013, Daniel Taylor, Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic climbs highest to sink Benfica (in The Guardian, 15 May 2013)
      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.

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French

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Verb

immortalise

  1. inflection of immortaliser:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative
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