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ETERNIZE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does eternize mean?
• ETERNIZE (verb)
The verb ETERNIZE has 2 senses:
1. cause to continue indefinitely
Familiarity information: ETERNIZE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cause to continue indefinitely
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "eternize" is one way to...):
perpetuate (cause to continue or prevail)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Make famous forever
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
eternalise; eternalize; eternise; eternize; immortalise; immortalize
Context example:
This melody immortalized its composer
Hypernyms (to "eternize" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
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