immortalize

UK: /ɪˈmɔː^rtəlaɪz/ US: /ɪˈmɔrtəlˌaɪz/ ,(i môr′tl īz′)

Inflections of 'immortalize' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

immortalizes

v 3rd person singular (US & UK)

immortalizing

v pres p (US & UK)

immortalized

v past (US & UK)

immortalized

v past p (US & UK)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

im•mor•tal•ize /ɪˈmɔrtəlˌaɪz/   v. [~ + object] , -ized, -iz•ing. 

1. to bestow immortality:
   Tom and Huck were immortalized in the writings of Mark Twain.
2. to make immortal;
   give (someone) immortality:
   Did the Greek gods have the power to immortalize the figures in mythology?

See -mort-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

im•mor•tal•ize  (i môr′tl īz′), v.t., -ized, -iz•ing. 

1. to bestow unending fame upon;
   perpetuate.
2. to make immortal;
   endow with immortality.

Also,[esp. Brit.,] im•mor′tal•ise′. 

• immortal + -ize 1560–70

im•mor′ta•liz′a•ble, adj. 
im•mor′tal•i•za′tion, n. 
im•mor′tal•iz′er, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

immortalize, immortalise / ɪˈmɔːtəˌlaɪz/ verb (transitive)

1. to give everlasting fame to, as by treating in a literary work: Macbeth was immortalized by Shakespeare
2. to give immortality to

imˌmortaliˈzation, imˌmortaliˈsation noun

imˈmortalˌizer, imˈmortalˌiser noun