immortalises
Preserves for eternity
Immortalises is the British spelling of immortalizes.
To immortalise is to preserve something or someone in memory forever, typically through art, writing, or commemoration: The poem immortalises the soldiers who died in battle.
A photograph immortalises a moment; a statue immortalises a leader.
The word suggests conferring a kind of eternal life through lasting recognition.
Structure honoring someone remembered
- statueThree-dimensional sculpted likeness
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- plaqueInscribed memorial tablet
- dedicationWholehearted loyalty to purpose
enshrine · honour · tribute · homage · preserve · record · document · chronicle
monument
Structure honoring someone remembered
- statueThree-dimensional sculpted likeness
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- plaqueInscribed memorial tablet
dedication · enshrine · honour · tribute · homage · preserve · record · document · chronicle · archive
timeless
Unaffected by eras
- agelessWithout apparent deterioration
- everlastingLasting for all time
- perpetualLasting without interruption
undying · imperishable · enduring · unfading · perennial · abiding · lasting · indelible · permanent · unending
mythology
Body of traditional tales
folklore · myth · fable · deity · goddess · pantheon · Arthurian · Odyssey · Iliad · Beowulf
immortalisesforgets
Loses from memory
obliterates · erases · effaces · expunges · buries
immortalisestrivialises
Makes light of
diminishes · degrades · demeans · belittles