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Epitaph : (noun)
1: an inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the
person buried there
2: a summary statement of commemoration for a dead person
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Epitaph : \Ep"i*taph\, n. [F. ['e]pitaphe, L. epitaphium a funeral
oration, fr. Gr. ?, orig. an adj., over or at a tomb; 'epi`
upon _ ? tomb. Cf. Cenotaph.]
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.''
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Epitaph : \Ep"i*taph\, v. t.
To commemorate by an epitaph. [R.]
Let me be epitaphed the inventor of English hexameters.
--G. Harvey.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Epitaph : \Ep"i*taph\, v. i.
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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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