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, I. A princess-priest … Shall yield to dignity a double birth, Who will eternish Troy in their attempts.
