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immortalize

 verb
     
im‧mor‧tal‧ize also immortalise British English [transitive usually passive]
to make someone or something famous for a long time, especially by writing about them, painting a picture of them etc:
Dickens' father was immortalized as Mr Micawber in 'David Copperfield'.
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