Definitions

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  • verb record or memorialize lastingly with a monument

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Examples

  • He perfected a flashy triumphalism for the famous group of portraits that memorialise - and monumentalise - the allied conquerors of Napoleon.

    The Guardian World News 2010

  • He perfected a flashy triumphalism for the famous group of portraits that memorialise - and monumentalise - the allied conquerors of Napoleon.

    The Guardian World News Laura Cumming 2010

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