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im·mor·tal·ize [ i máwrt'l z ] (past and past participle im·mor·tal·ized, present participle im·mor·tal·iz·ing, 3rd person present singular im·mor·tal·iz·es)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
1. make somebody's memory live on: to make somebody or something famous for a very long time, especially as the subject of a work of art such as a painting, novel, or movie

2. give eternal life to somebody: to elevate a mortal person to the state of divinity or bestow eternal life on somebody

3. biology cause something to reproduce indefinitely: to cause something such as human cells to reproduce indefinitely


im·mor·tal·i·za·tion [ i màwrt'li záysh'n ] noun
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