Eternising

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To transform an experience or entity into one that is perpetual or immortal
2. Causing an event, condition, or object to continue indefinitely in time
3. Rendering an experience or thing timeless by preserving it beyond normal limits

Etymology: "Eternising" is the present participle and gerund of "eternise," a verb meaning to make something everlasting. The verb sits on the adjective "eternal," which comes from Latin "aeternus," and the root of that is "aevum," meaning age or lifetime, so the basic idea underneath is simply a span of time without end. The verb follows a familiar pattern: the adjective "eternal" gains the suffix "-ise" (in British spelling, "-ize" in American), turning a quality into an action. English has many such pairs, like "modern" and "modernise" or "legal" and "legalise," and "eternise" belongs to that group. The "-ing" ending then turns the verb into a participle or gerund, so "eternising" can describe the act of preserving something forever or name that act as a noun.

Synonyms: immortalizing, perpetuating