memorialize

English

Alternative forms

• memorialise (UK)

Etymology

memorial +‎ -ize

Verb

1. (US) To provide a memorial for someone; to commemorate
2. (law) To create a written record of a meeting or conversation.
3. (transitive, dated) To petition with a memorial, or statement of facts.
   • Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit

     Why, you'll—you'll ask till they tell you. Then you'll memorialize that Department (according to regular forms which you'll find out) for leave to memorialize this Department.

Derived terms

• memorialization
• memorializer

Translations

to commemorate

• German: eine Denkschrift einreichen (de), eine Gedenkfeier abhalten (de) (für jemand)
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• Hungarian: emléket állít