im ‧ mor ‧ tal ‧ ize BrE AmE ( also immortalise British English ) /ɪˈmɔːtəlaɪz $ -ɔːr-/ verb [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’.