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Eternize v. t. (past & past part. eternized; pres. part. eterniziing)

To make eternal or endless. "This other (gift) served but to eternize woe."

To make forever famous; to immortalize; as, to eternize one's self, a name, exploits. "St. Alban's battle won by famous York, Shall be eternized in all age to come."

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Etymology of 'Eternize'

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"Eternize" Quotes from Famous Books

... odor in our nostrils, and the kneeling peasants at our feet)—the Descent from the Cross, the Elevation of the Cross—dead Christs manifold. Can it be possible that the brush which worthily painted Christ's agony, can be the same that descended to eternize redundant red fishwives, and call them goddesses? We have given ourselves cricks in the necks, staring up at the divine incompleteness of Cologne Cathedral. And all through Crucifixions, cathedrals, table d'hotes, I have been deadly, deadly homesick—homesick ...

— Nancy - A Novel • Rhoda Broughton

... stand unnoticed in the regal hall, 135 Fast falling to decay; whilst falsehood's trade Shall be as hateful and unprofitable As that of truth is now. Where is the fame Which the vainglorious mighty of the earth Seek to eternize? Oh! the faintest sound 140 From Time's light footfall, the minutest wave That swells the flood of ages, whelms in nothing The unsubstantial bubble. Ay! today Stern is the tyrant's mandate, red the gaze That flashes desolation, strong the arm 145 That scatters multitudes. To-morrow comes! ...

— The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley Volume I • Percy Bysshe Shelley

... such stirring monuments be; full of life and commotion; than hermit obelisks of Luxor, and idle towers of stone; which, useless to the world in themselves, vainly hope to eternize a name, by having it carved, solitary and alone, in their granite. Such monuments are cenotaphs indeed; founded far away from the true body of the fame of the hero; who, if he be truly a hero, must still be linked with the living interests ...

— Redburn. His First Voyage • Herman Melville

... this effect of the sexual instinct there is an other, the increase of the population. Hence it happens that the desire to eternize a given social order is thwarted and defeated by the pressure of this population which in our epoch assumes the characteristic form of the proletariat,—and the social evolution continues its inexorable and inevitable ...

— Socialism and Modern Science (Darwin, Spencer, Marx) • Enrico Ferri

... strives to eternize thee (Idea xliv. 1). Ensuing ages yet my rhymes shall cherish (ib. xliv. 11). My name shall mount unto eternity (ib. xliv. 14). All that I seek is to ...

— A Life of William Shakespeare - with portraits and facsimiles • Sidney Lee