Mortalizing

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Causing something to become liable to die or cease to exist
2. Rendering an entity vulnerable to death or an end
3. Transforming a state into one that is perishable and not everlasting

Etymology: "Mortalizing" is the present participle of "mortalize," which is formed from "mortal" and the suffix "-ize." The base word "mortal" comes from Latin "mortalis," meaning subject to death, from "mors," death. The suffix "-ize" comes from Greek "-izein" and is used to turn nouns and adjectives into verbs meaning to make or cause to become something. Put together, to mortalize something is to make it liable to death or to cease to exist. The form is a straightforward combination of an existing English adjective and a productive verb-forming suffix, so its meaning follows directly from its parts: "mortal" gives the sense of being subject to death, and "-ize" supplies the sense of bringing that state about.

Synonyms: finalizing, destining, dooming, condemning, terminating

Antonyms: immortalizing, preserving, eternalizing, sustaining, continuing