eternalizing
Preserving for always
Eternalizing is making something eternal or everlasting—preserving it beyond the limits of time.
Artists eternalize their subjects in paint or stone.
Writers eternalize moments in prose.
The word often carries a note of ambition or grandiosity: He saw the memoir as a way of eternalizing his legacy.
Also spelled eternalising in British English.
Preserving someone's legacy
- commemoratingFormally remembering something significant
- monumentStructure honoring someone remembered
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
bequest · inheritance · endowment · testament · dynasty · tradition · heirloom · patrimony
Unaffected by eras
- agelessWithout apparent deterioration
- enduringPersisting through time
- everlastingLasting for all time
- perennialRecurring each year
sempiternal · unfading · immutable · indelible · permanent · unchanging · constant · abiding
Causing to persist indefinitely
- continuingGoing on without stopping
- prolongingExtending in time
- extendingIncreasing in reach
- sustainingMaintaining over time
carrying on · upholding · transmitting · passing down · renewing · reinforcing · fortifying · cementing
Making lastingly remembered
- undyingLasting without end
- deathlessExempt from mortality
- apotheosisPeak or deification
- resurrectionRevival from death
phoenix · pantheon · mythology · fountain of youth · elixir · ambrosia · vampirism · afterlife
Protecting from deterioration
- conservingProtecting from depletion
- maintainingKeeping in condition
- sustainingMaintaining over time
- archivingStoring for long-term keeping
documenting · recording · embalming · mummifying · cryonics · taxidermy · pickling · canning
memorializing
Preserving someone's legacy
- commemoratingFormally remembering something significant
- monumentStructure honoring someone remembered
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
heritage · bequest · inheritance · endowment · testament · dynasty · tradition · heirloom · patrimony · ancestry
timeless
Unaffected by eras
- agelessWithout apparent deterioration
- enduringPersisting through time
- everlastingLasting for all time
perennial · sempiternal · unfading · immutable · indelible · permanent · unchanging · constant · abiding · infinite
perpetuating
Causing to persist indefinitely
- continuingGoing on without stopping
- prolongingExtending in time
- extendingIncreasing in reach
sustaining · carrying on · upholding · transmitting · passing down · renewing · reinforcing · fortifying · cementing · solidifying
immortalizing
Making lastingly remembered
- undyingLasting without end
- deathlessExempt from mortality
- apotheosisPeak or deification
resurrection · phoenix · pantheon · mythology · fountain of youth · elixir · ambrosia · vampirism · afterlife · divinity
preserving
Protecting from deterioration
- conservingProtecting from depletion
- maintainingKeeping in condition
- sustainingMaintaining over time
archiving · documenting · recording · embalming · mummifying · cryonics · taxidermy · pickling · canning · fossilizing
eternalizingending
Final portion of something
terminating · extinguishing · erasing · limiting · destroying
eternalizingforgetting
Failing to retain memories
obliterating · erasing · expunging · destroying · annihilating
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