different between immortalize vs immortalise

English

Etymology

immortal +? -ize

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.?m??(?).t?.?la?z/

Verb

immortalize (third-person singular simple present immortalizes, present participle immortalizing, simple past and past participle immortalized)

1. (American spelling, Oxford British English) Alternative spelling of immortalise
2. (biology) To remove the effects of normal apoptosis.

Derived terms

• deimmortalize
• immortalization
• immortalizer

English

Alternative forms

• immortalize (US)

Etymology

From immortal +? -ise. Perhaps modelled on Middle French immortaliser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.?m??(?).t?.?la?z/

Verb

immortalise (third-person singular simple present immortalises, present participle immortalising, simple past and past participle immortalised)

1. (British spelling, transitive) To give unending life to, to make immortal.
2. (transitive) To make eternally famous.
   • 2013, Daniel Taylor, Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic climbs highest to sink Benfica (in The Guardian, 15 May 2013)[1]

     The clocks at either end of the stadium had just ticked past 92 minutes when Branislav Ivanovic made the run that will immortalise him in Chelsea's history.

Derived terms

• immortalisation

Translations

Anagrams

• memorialist

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: immortalisent, immortalises

Verb

immortalise

1. first-person singular present indicative of immortaliser
2. third-person singular present indicative of immortaliser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of immortaliser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of immortaliser
5. second-person singular imperative of immortaliser