eternalizes
Preserves for always
Eternalizes means makes eternal or everlasting—preserving something so it endures beyond its natural lifespan.
Art eternalizes beauty; memory eternalizes the dead.
The word often appears in contexts of legacy and commemoration: The statue eternalizes his sacrifice.
Also spelled eternalises in British English.
Causes to endure indefinitely
- enshrinesPreserves reverently, formally
- canonizesDeclares someone a saint
- commemoratesHonors through ceremony
- preservesCooked fruit in sugar
glorifies · venerates · honors · celebrates · exalts · deifies · sanctifies · consecrates
Causes to endure indefinitely
- agelessWithout apparent deterioration
- everlastingLasting for all time
- enduringPersisting through time
- perennialRecurring each year
undying · imperishable · unfading · indelible · immutable · unchanging · abiding · permanent
Honors through ceremony
- memorializesHonors through lasting tribute
- archivesStored historical documents
- chroniclesSequential historical accounts
- documentsFormal written records
preserves · records · enshrines · captures · remembers · monumentalizes · inscribes · immortalizes
Inherited cultural legacy
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- bequestGift left by will
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
ancestry · posterity · descendants · tradition · patrimony · birthright · heirloom · succession
perpetuates
Causes to endure indefinitely
- enshrinesPreserves reverently, formally
- canonizesDeclares someone a saint
- commemoratesHonors through ceremony
preserves · glorifies · venerates · honors · celebrates · exalts · deifies · sanctifies · consecrates · memorializes
perpetuates
Causes to endure indefinitely
- agelessWithout apparent deterioration
- everlastingLasting for all time
- enduringPersisting through time
perennial · undying · imperishable · unfading · indelible · immutable · unchanging · abiding · permanent · ceaseless
commemorates
Honors through ceremony
- memorializesHonors through lasting tribute
- archivesStored historical documents
- chroniclesSequential historical accounts
documents · preserves · records · enshrines · captures · remembers · monumentalizes · inscribes · immortalizes · epitomizes
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- bequestGift left by will
- lineageDescent from progenitors
dynasty · ancestry · posterity · descendants · tradition · patrimony · birthright · heirloom · succession · bloodline
eternalizesdestroys
Causes complete ruin
erases · ends · terminates · obliterates · annihilates
eternalizesforgets
Loses from memory
erases · obliterates · effaces · damnatio memoriae · expunges