Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • See memorialize.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb Chiefly Brit. Same as memorialize.

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  • verb UK Alternative spelling of memorialize.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb be or provide a memorial to a person or an event
  • verb address in a memorial

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Examples

  • He says it is crucial not just to identify the problem, but to "memorialise" it along with a record of the implemented solutions, a process he says is the most valuable piece of the ASAP.

    HEADLINES 2010

  • He says it is crucial not just to identify the problem, but to "memorialise" it along with a record of the implemented solutions, a process he says is the most valuable piece of the ASAP.

    HEADLINES 2010

  • - Facebook 'memorialises' profiles Facebook has announced that it will be giving friends and family the option to "memorialise" the profiles of members who have died.

    Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now 2009

  • Millions of social-networkers live their lives through websites such as Facebook, so it was only a matter of time before the online company offered to 'memorialise' members after they had gone.

    Home | Mail Online 2009

  • The five-year-old social network will "memorialise" profiles of the dead if their friends or family request it.

    Latest News - Yahoo!7 News 2009

  • - Facebook 'memorialises' profiles Facebook has announced that it will be giving friends and family the option to "memorialise" the profiles of members who have died.

    Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now 2009

  • In the 100 days since one of the world's most entrenched dictatorships was toppled, Egypt has borne witness to an explosion of creative energy seeking to memorialise, critique and carry forward the country's moment of revolutionary fervour, a process which has itself revolutionised the country's long-stagnant cultural landscape; buskers can perform without police permits.

    Egypt's uprising brings DIY spirit out on to the streets 2011

  • Since journalists are not normally reluctant to memorialise themselves or to celebrate their profession, it is odd that this is the first look at the extraordinary Beer.

    First Lady of Fleet Street by Eilat Negev and Yehuda Koren – review 2011

  • Lee's script does its best to memorialise liveness – and to record not only what Lee says on stage, but how.

    Standup has grown up – but that doesn't mean it is great literature 2011

  • In their dereliction the barracks memorialise something that was altruistic and fine.

    Country diary 2010

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  • "Facebook has announced that it will be giving friends and family the option to 'memorialise' the profiles of members who have died. It follows some cases of members receiving updates about dead friends. If a user is reported as deceased, Facebook will remove sensitive information such as status updates and contacts.

    ...

    'When someone leaves us, they don't leave our memories or our social network,' Max Kelly, head of security at the firm, wrote in the official Facebook blog. 'To reflect that reality, we created the idea of memorialised profiles as a place where people can save and share their memories of those who've passed.'"

    - Facebook 'memorialises' profiles , bbc.co.uk, 27 October 2009.

    October 27, 2009

  • I have always wondered about how they handled that.

    October 27, 2009