"immortalise" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ɪ.ˈmɔː(ɹ).tə.ˌlaɪz/ Forms: immortalises [present, singular, third-person], immortalising [participle, present], immortalised [participle, past], immortalised [past]
Etymology: From immortal + -ise. Perhaps modelled on Middle French immortaliser. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|immortal|ise}} immortal + -ise, {{cog|frm|immortaliser}} Middle French immortaliser Head templates: {{en-verb}} immortalise (third-person singular simple present immortalises, present participle immortalising, simple past and past participle immortalised)
  1. To give unending life to, to make immortal. Tags: transitive Translations (to give unending life to): ölümsüzləşdirmək (Azerbaijani), обезсмъртявам (obezsmǎrtjavam) (Bulgarian), immortalitzar (Catalan), tehdä kuolemattomaksi (Finnish), immortaliser (French), inmortalizar (Galician), mengekalkan (Indonesian), mengabadikan (Indonesian), immortalizzare (Italian), aeterno (Latin), imortalizar (Portuguese), inmortalizar (Spanish), ölümsüzleştirmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-immortalise-en-verb-uWBfVABz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ise, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ise: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of 'to give unending life to': 99 1
  2. To make eternally famous. Tags: transitive Translations (to make eternally famous): əbədiləşdirmək (Azerbaijani), увековечавам (uvekovečavam) (Bulgarian), immortalitzar (Catalan), udødeliggøre (Danish), vereeuwigen (Dutch), ikuistaa (Finnish), immortaliser (French), inmortalizar (Galician), uwieczniać [imperfective] (Polish), uwiecznić [perfective] (Polish), unieśmiertelniać [imperfective] (Polish), unieśmiertelnić [perfective] (Polish), utrwalać [imperfective] (Polish), utrwalić [perfective] (Polish), upamiętniać [imperfective] (Polish), upamiętnić [perfective] (Polish), imortalizar (Portuguese), inmortalizar (Spanish), ölümsüzleştirmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-immortalise-en-verb-RExYCy~y Disambiguation of 'to make eternally famous': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: immortalize [British, English, Oxford, US] Derived forms: immortalisation

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      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "utrwalić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to make eternally famous",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "upamiętniać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to make eternally famous",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "upamiętnić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to make eternally famous",
      "word": "imortalizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make eternally famous",
      "word": "inmortalizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to make eternally famous",
      "word": "ölümsüzleştirmek"
    }
  ],
  "word": "immortalise"
}
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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: non-Oxford British English",
  "path": [
    "immortalise"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "immortalise",
  "trace": ""
}

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