"eternize" meaning in English

See eternize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: eternizes [present, singular, third-person], eternizing [participle, present], eternized [participle, past], eternized [past]
Etymology: From Middle French éterniser. Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|éterniser}} Middle French éterniser Head templates: {{en-verb}} eternize (third-person singular simple present eternizes, present participle eternizing, simple past and past participle eternized)
  1. (transitive) To make or render eternal. Tags: transitive Translations (To make or render eternal): увековечавам (uvekovečavam) (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-eternize-en-verb-JejXX1wp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Bulgarian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 13 36 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 58 20 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 67 14 20 Disambiguation of 'To make or render eternal': 95 1 5
  2. (transitive) To prolong indefinitely. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-eternize-en-verb-x31HBbRY
  3. (transitive) To immortalize; to make eternally famous. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-eternize-en-verb-iVEJa7EL

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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