im·mor·tal·iz·er
variants
also British immortaliser
"ə(r)
plural -s
: one that immortalizes something
especially
: a writer who preserves in his work something of the present for posterity
Examples of immortalize in a Sentence
Verb
The battle was immortalized in a famous poem.
The explorers were immortalized when the mountains were named after them.
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The mistake was immortalized in media history when Truman was photographed holding up a copy of the first edition with the infamous Dewey headline.
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Verb
Over the last decade, Haramabe has been immortalized as a meme.
—Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 28 May 2026
Atlanta artist Nick Benson even immortalized Outkast members Andre 3000 and Big Boi (on the left) in the quintessentially Atlanta scene.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 28 May 2026
The mistake was immortalized in media history when Truman was photographed holding up a copy of the first edition with the infamous Dewey headline.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 May 2026
His influence was immortalized in 1983 when the late Diana Vreeland honored him with a groundbreaking retrospective at the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
—Tonya Blazio-Licorish, Footwear News, 26 May 2026
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“Immortalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/immortalize. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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immortalize
verb
im·mor·tal·ize
im-ˈȯrt-ᵊl-ˌīz 
immortalized; immortalizing
: to make immortal
the battle was immortalized in a famous poem
immortalization
noun
-ˌȯrt-ᵊl-ə-ˈzā-shən
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