† eˈternish, v. Obs.
Also 6 pa. pple. eternest.
[f. eterne a., or ad. F. éterniser: see -ish.]
trans. a. To make eternal or perpetual. b. To make eternally famous, to immortalize.
| 1579 Lyly Euphues (Arb.) 126 If this order had not bene in our predecessors..they had neuer bene eternished [ed. 1636 eternized] for wise men. 1589 Greene Menaphon (Arb.) 56 The angrie heauens..haue eternisht thy exile. 1594 First Pt. Contention (1843) 72 Shall be eternest in all age to come. 1594 Marlowe Dido 1, A princess-priest..Shall yield to dignity a double birth, Who will eternish Troy in their attempts. |