Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
verb (used with object), im·mor·tal·ized, im·mor·tal·iz·ing.
- to bestow unending fame upon; perpetuate.
- to make immortal; endow with immortality.
verb (tr)
- to give everlasting fame to, as by treating in a literary workMacbeth was immortalized by Shakespeare
- to give immortality to
- biology to cause (cells) to reproduce indefinitely
c.1600, noun of action or state from immortalize.
1560s, from immortal + -ize. Perhaps modeled on Middle French immortaliser. Related: Immortalized; immortalizing.