or eternalise (ɪˈtɜːnəˌlaɪz), eternize or eternise (ɪˈtɜːnaɪz)
verb(transitive)
1.
to make eternal
2.
to make famous for ever; immortalize
Derived forms
eternalization (eˌternaliˈzation) or eternization (eˌterniˈzation) or eternalisation (eˌternaliˈsation) or eternisation (eˌterniˈsation)
noun
eternalize in American English
(iˈtɜːrnlˌaiz)
transitive verbWord forms: -ized, -izing
to eternize
Alsoesp Briteternalise
Word origin
[1610–20; eternal + -ize]This word is first recorded in the period 1610–20. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cultivate, decoy, squelch, tank, technical-ize is a verb-forming suffix occurring originally in loanwords from Greek that have enteredEnglish through Latin or French (baptize; barbarize; catechize); within English, -ize is added to adjectives and nouns to form transitive verbs with the general senses“to render, make” (actualize; fossilize; sterilize; Americanize), “to convert into, give a specified character or form to” (computerize; dramatize; itemize; motorize), “to subject to (as a process, sometimes named after its originator)” (hospitalize; terrorize; galvanize; oxidize; simonize; winterize). Also formed with -ize are a more heterogeneous group of verbs, usually intransitive, denoting a changeof state (crystallize), kinds or instances of behavior (apologize; moralize; tyrannize), or activities (economize; philosophize; theorize)