eternize means to make or render eternal. It carries an Arena rating of 1577, earned across 34 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, eternize ranks #510 of 17,124 for Most Sublime Words, #3,685 of 17,134 for Most Malleable Words, #4,380 of 17,130 for Most Beautiful Words, #6,364 of 17,126 for Most Elegant Words.
Why “eternize” is a great word
ETERNIZE — [Verb] To make eternal, to immortalize, or to prolong indefinitely. From Middle French éterniser, from Medieval Latin ēternizāre, from Latin aeternus ("eternal"). First attested in English 1560–70. Unlike "memorialize," which seeks to preserve a memory within time's bounds, or "perpetuate," which often implies extending something flawed, to eternize is to confer a state beyond time's reach—a positive grant of everlastingness. It is the poet’s line that outlasts the marble tomb, the sculptor’s chisel fixing a fleeting smile in stone, the lover’s promise spoken against the cosmic silence; a quiet, human defiance of decay, building a raft of words or deeds to cross an ocean of time.
Etymology
From Middle French éterniser.
verb
- To make or render eternal.
- To prolong indefinitely.
- To immortalize; to make eternally famous.
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