Definition

1. Verb:
   • To create or serve as a memorial to a person or event: To do something that causes a person or event to be remembered, often through a ceremony, monument, or other formal act.
   • To record or address in a memorial: To formally present a record or petition, often to an authority, to commemorate or make a request regarding someone or something.

Examples of Usage

• Verb:
  • The city built a statue to memorialise the founder.
  • They gathered to memorialise the anniversary of the peace treaty.
  • The community memorialised the tragedy by planting a garden.

Advanced Usage

• "to memorialise the dead": To honor those who have died with a formal act of remembrance.
  • The ceremony was held to memorialise the dead of the war.

Variants and Related Words

• Memorial (n): Something, such as a monument or ceremony, that honors and preserves the memory of a person or event.
  • The war memorial is visited by thousands each year.
• Memorialization (n): The act or process of memorialising.
  • The memorialization of historical events is important for a nation.

Synonyms

• Commemorate: To recall and show respect for someone or something in a ceremony.
• Honor: To regard with great respect or to fulfill an obligation.
• Immortalize: To confer enduring fame upon.

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

(This word does not commonly form phrasal verbs.)

Related Idioms

(This word is not commonly used in specific idioms.)

Verb

1. be or provide a memorial to a person or an event
   • This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps
   • We memorialized the Dead
2. address in a memorial
   • The President memorialized the heroes of the battle