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eternize

eternize verb: to make or render eternal.

Verb

eternize (third-person singular simple present eternizes, present participle eternizing, simple past and past participle eternized)

  1. (transitive) To make or render eternal.
  2. (transitive) To prolong indefinitely.
  3. (transitive) To immortalize; to make eternally famous.
    • at leaſt admit vs libertie,
      Euen as thou hopſt to be eternized,
      By liuing Aſias mightie Emperour.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
    • My verse your virtues rare shall eternize […]1595, Edmund Spenser, Sonnet LXXV

Forms of eternize

third-person singular presenteternizes
present participleeternizing
past participleeternized
pasteternized

Origin of eternize

From Middle French éterniser.

Words formed from eternize

Questions about eternize

What does eternize mean?
Eternize means to make or render eternal.
What part of speech is eternize?
Eternize is a verb.
What is the past tense of eternize?
The past tense of eternize is eternized.

Words near eternize in the dictionary

  1. eternity plant
  2. eternity ring
  3. eternity rings
  4. eternization
  5. eternizations
  6. eternize
  7. eternized
  8. eternizes
  9. eternizing
  10. eterobarb
  11. etersalate

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