English

Alternative forms

• immortalize (US)

Verb

immortalise ‎(third-person singular simple present immortalises, present participle immortalising, simple past and past participle immortalised)

1. (British, transitive) To give unending life to, to make immortal.
2. (transitive) 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.

Derived terms

• immortalisation

Translations

Anagrams

• memorialist

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: immortalisent, immortalises

Verb

immortalise

1. first-person singular present indicative of immortaliser
2. third-person singular present indicative of immortaliser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of immortaliser
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of immortaliser
5. second-person singular imperative of immortaliser