English

Alternative forms

• memorialise (UK)

Verb

memorialize ‎(third-person singular simple present memorializes, present participle memorializing, simple past and past participle memorialized)

1. (US) To provide a memorial for someone; to commemorate
2. (transitive, dated) To petition with a memorial, or statement of facts.
   • Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit

     Why, you'll—you'll ask till they tell you. Then you'll memorialize that Department (according to regular forms which you'll find out) for leave to memorialize this Department.

Derived terms

• memorializer