immortalize

/ɪ(m)ˌmɔrdlˈaɪz/

Other forms: immortalized; immortalizing; immortalizes

When you immortalize something, you praise it in a way that's meant to last forever. You could immortalize your favorite pop star, for example, by carving a huge statue of him out of marble.

The existence of Disneyland and Disney World has managed to immortalize the image of Mickey Mouse, especially the silhouette of his ears. Through the years, many artists have chosen to immortalize US presidents through public art like the Lincoln Memorial and Mount Rushmore. The verb immortalize comes from the adjective immortal, or "living forever," with its Latin root, immortalis, "deathless or undying."

Definitions of immortalize

1. verb

   make famous forever
   “This melody immortalized its composer”

   synonyms: eternalise, eternalize, eternise, eternize, immortalise

   type of:

   alter, change, modify

   cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
2. verb

   be or provide a memorial to a person or an event
   synonyms: commemorate, immortalise, memorialise, memorialize, record

   types:

   monumentalise, monumentalize

   record or memorialize lastingly with a monument

   type of:

   remind

   put in the mind of someone