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eternalize

/ɪtˈɜnəlˌaɪz/ verb

To make eternal; to immortalize.

Word Origin Eternalize combines Latin 'aeternus' (everlasting) with Greek -ize 'to make'—so it means to make something eternal. The root 'aeternus' comes from PIE *h₂eyu- meaning vital force or life, which also gives us age, ever, and aeon. The same root appears in medieval (middle age) and primeval (first age). So eternalize is literally to give something ageless life.

verb To make eternal; to immortalize.

The poet sought to eternalize his love for her in verse.

(动词) 使永恒；使不朽

这位诗人试图用诗句使他对她的爱永恒不朽。

(verbo) Hacer eterno; inmortalizar.

El poeta buscó inmortalizar su amor por ella en verso.

(verbe) éterniser; immortaliser; perpétuer [Rendre éternel ; immortaliser.]

Le poète chercha à éterniser son amour pour elle dans ses vers.

(Verb) verewigen; unsterblich machen [Etwas für die Ewigkeit bewahren; unsterblich machen, insbesondere durch Kunst oder Erinnerung.]

Der Dichter versuchte, seine Liebe zu ihr in Versen zu **eternalisieren**.

(動詞) 永遠のものにする、不朽にする。

その詩人は、彼女への愛を詩の中で永遠に残そうとした。

(verbo) eternizar; imortalizar; perpetuar [Tornar eterno; imortalizar.]

O poeta buscou eternizar seu amor por ela em versos.

Synonyms: immortalize perpetuate preserve enshrine commemorate memorialize continue maintain Antonyms: forget obscure neglect end
Word parts: etern + al + ize

Related words

eternal eternally eternity

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