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to memorialize

to memorialize

1 7.3
To change an online account so it honors a person who has died
  • verb
  • /məˈmɔːrɪəˌlaɪz/
  • Texting
translation icon : marcar como conmemorativa
  • Everything doesn't need to be memorialized.

Examples

  • Today, such stipulations need only be memorialized in writing.

    Academic text (2007)
  • The process should be transparent and memorialized so that stakeholders and the public understand the work and outcomes of the process.

    Academic text (2018)
  • On certain occasions, however, the U.S. Marshal memorialized the results of bankruptcy sales in multiple cases in a single report.

    Academic text (2018)
  • A man peeing in his own front yard was memorialized on Google Street View, and he's not happy about it.

  • Dr. Elaine B. Andrews, historian, will also become a model for others seeking to memorialize an individual with a transformational gift to the Society.

    Academic text (2014)
  • So long as the parties agree and memorialize the agreement with a letter, they may permit absolutely no discovery, permit far broader discovery than the "default" scope of discovery permitted by the Federal Rules, or alter the "approved" procedures for conducting discovery.

    Academic text (2007)
  • One report memorialized the results of bankruptcy sales in two separate cases, those of Julien Bossie and Widow Benjamin Bossie, each of which involved the sale of slaves.

    Academic text (2018)
  • Many friends gathered online to memorialize their beloved teacher after her passing.

  • The family decided to memorialize their late father by creating a tribute page on social media.

  • After the tragic loss, the community was quick to memorialize the local artist on his social media account.

Synonyms

to commemorate
vsto memorialize
66 5.8

To remember someone or something with a ceremony

is about converting an online account into a tribute page with limited access
to immortalize
vsto memorialize
19 7.0

Make a person or thing remembered forever by honoring them

is about turning online profiles into tribute pages rather than promising eternal fame

How Permanent

to archive
30 3.9
to memorialize
  • Texting
1 7.3

Surface Forms

memorialize infinitive
memorialized past participle
memorialised past participle
memorializing present participle
memorialising present participle
memorialises third person singular
memorializes third person singular

Morphology

memorialize = memorial (transparent) = memorial + ize

Same morphological derivation as the general sense; the digital/social-media application is an extended use but still clearly 'make into a memorial'.

Etymology

Memorialize comes from the root of memory, from a Latin word meaning 'remember', and the ending -ize meaning 'make'. That's why, in social media, to memorialize an account is to 'turn it into a lasting place to remember' a person.