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Webster 1913 Edition

Eternize

E-ter′nize

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Eternized
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Eterniziing
.]
[Cf. F.
éterniser
.]
1.
To make eternal or endless.
This other [gift] served but to
eternize
woe.
Milton.
2.
To make forever famous; to immortalize;
as, to
eternize
one’s self, a name, exploits
.
St. Alban's battle won by famous York,
Shall be
eternized
in all age to come.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition

Eternize

ETER'NIZE

,
Verb.
T.
[Low L. oeterno.]
1.
To make endless.
2.
To continue the existence or duration of indefinitely; to perpetuate; as, to eternize woe.
So we say, to eternize fame or glory.
3.
To make forever famous; to immortalize; as, to eternize a name; to eternize exploits.

Definition 2024

eternize

eternize

English

Verb

eternize ‎(third-person singular simple present eternizes, present participle eternizing, simple past and past participle eternized)

  1. (transitive) To make or render eternal.
  2. (transitive) To prolong indefinitely.
  3. (transitive) To immortalize; to make eternally famous.
    • 1595, Edmund Spenser, Sonnet LXXV:
      My verse your virtues rare shall eternize […] ‎

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