Immortalizā'tion, s

[Eng. immortaliz (e); -ation.] The act of immortalizing; the state of being immortalized. Im-mor-ta-lize, v. t . & i. [Fr. immortaliser .] A. Transitive : 1. To make immortal; to exempt from death; to endow with endle life. 2. To exempt from oblivion; to perpetuate the memory of. "So strong the zeal to immortalize himself, Beats in the breast." Cowper: Task , i. 284. *B. In trans.: To become immortal. "Fix the year precise, When British bards begin t' immortalize ." Pope : Sat. v. 54. Im-mor-tal-ly, adv . [Eng. immortal ; -ly.] 1. In an immortal manner; to eternity; with end in a monastery. IMG:content-1495.png:[blocks in formation] moral .]