To immortalize someone is to make them into a symbol or figure that is remembered long after they die. Famous people who have been immortalized include Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great, and Winston Churchill.
He was immortalized in a painting by Michelangelo.
She was immortalized in a statue by Leonardo da Vinci.
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To give unending life to, to make immortal.
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To make eternally famous.
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To remove the effects of normal apoptosis.
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In it he explores the lives of immortal humans in the near future.
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But the spirits are tireless and immortal.
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The media immortalizes these people.
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Immortal life is everyone's wish.
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The cause of the immortality is just unexplained.
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Madame Tussauds will immortalize the singer in wax.
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It describes the new arts and the immortality of the soul.
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It is entirely immortal within the confines of the universe.
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That was probably capitalized in an attempt to immortalize the contruct.
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He immortalized her in his novel.