ETERNIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does eternize mean? 

• ETERNIZE (verb)
  The verb ETERNIZE has 2 senses:

1. cause to continue indefinitely

2. make famous forever

  Familiarity information: ETERNIZE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ETERNIZE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to continue indefinitely

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "eternize" is one way to...):

perpetuate (cause to continue or prevail)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make famous forever

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

eternalise; eternalize; eternise; eternize; immortalise; immortalize

Context example:

This melody immortalized its composer

Hypernyms (to "eternize" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody