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English
Etymology
From immortal + -ize.
Pronunciation
Verb
immortalize (third-person singular simple present immortalizes, present participle immortalizing, simple past and past participle immortalized)
- (American spelling, Oxford British English) Alternative spelling of immortalise.
1790, William Cowper, “On the Receipt of My Mother’s Picture out of Norfolk. The Gift of My Cousin Ann Bodham.”, in Poems A New Edition. To which are Now First Added Olney Hymns, and Translations from Madame Guion.">…], London: or J Johnson, by T Bensley, , published 1806, →OCLC, page 579:The meek intelligence of thoſe dear eyes / (Bleſt be the art that can immortalize, / The art that baffles time's tyrannic claim / To quench it) here ſhines on me ſtill the ſame.
- (biology) To remove the effects of normal apoptosis.
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