obituarizev.
/əˈbɪtʃ(ʊ)ərʌɪz/, /əˈbɪtj(ʊ)ərʌɪz/, U.S. /əˈbɪtʃəwəˌraɪz/, /oʊˈbɪtʃəwəˌraɪz/ 1. transitive. To write an obituary notice of or for (a person); to make the subject of an obituary. Also in extended use.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > death > obsequies > obituary > write obituary of [verb (transitive)]
obituarize1877
the mind > mental capacity > memory > reminder, putting in mind > commemoration, remembrance > commemorate [verb (transitive)]
mingOE
mina1200
remenec1400
remember?a1439
memorize1593
commemorize1628
commemoratea1638
embalma1674
monument1756
memorialize1798
anniversary1841
monumentalize1857
mark1871
obituarize1877
jubilee1887
1877 E. L. Youmans Let. 9 Feb. in D. Duncan Life & Lett. H. Spencer (1908) 251 Our friend was obituarized next morning in all the papers of the country.
1934 Times Lit. Suppl. 7 June 407/2 Obituarizing it [sc. the Transatlantic Review], he writes: ‘It is the greatest blot on the face of Anglo-Saxondom that it has never been able to support a review devoted entirely to the Arts.’
1969 Observer 21 Dec. 28/2 Stand by for a barrage of TV programmes obituarising the Sixties.
1990 Daily Tel. 24 May 23/4 Not that many fun-loving starlets get obituarised, but a recent obit of a journalist referred to ‘a lifetime which allocated too little sleep and much fortified beverage’.
2001 Church Times 6 July 13/1 The Independent carries a tiny death notice for Herbert McCabe..who will presumably be obituarised properly in due course.
2. intransitive. To write an obituary notice. Also in extended use.
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the world > life > death > obsequies > obituary > write obituary [verb (intransitive)]
obituarize1891
1891 Sat. Rev. 17 Oct. 437/2 The enormously difficult task of ‘obituarizing’ with appropriateness on a departed enemy of their country.
1965 J. Potter Death in Office xi. 110 The Editor was still obituarising, it seemed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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v.1877- to do way
- to do well
- to do well out of
- to do what it says on the tin
- to do wherefore
- to do whippits
- to do why
- to do with
- to do withal
- to do without
- to do woe
- to do wonders
- to do work scathe
- to do worse
- to do worship
- to do worship for
- to do worship till
- to do worship to
- to do wrack
- to do wrack on one
- to do wrong
- to do —— misters
- to do … wrong
- to do, give, lend borrowing
- to do, have, make, nim, seek, and esp take wreche