Epitaph
Pronunciation : Ep"i*taph
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F. ?pitaphe, L. epitaphium a funeral oration, fr. Gr. Cenotaph.]
Definition : 1. An inscription on, or at, a tomb, or a grave, in memory or commendation of the one buried there; a sepulchral inscription. Hang her an epitaph upon her tomb. Shak.
2. A brief writing formed as if to be inscribed on a monument, as that concerning Alexander: "Sufficit huic tumulus, cui non sufficeret orbis."
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Ep"i*taph
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To commemorate by an epitaph. [R.] Let me be epitaphed the inventor of English hexameters. G. Harvey.
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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Ep"i*taph
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To write or speak after the manner of an epitaph. [R.] The common in their speeches epitaph upon him . . . "He lived as a wolf and died as a dog." Bp. Hall.
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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913