ELEGIZE

elegize, elegise

(verb) compose an elegy

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

elegize (third-person singular simple present elegizes, present participle elegizing, simple past and past participle elegized)

(transitive) To compose an elegy for.

(intransitive) To compose an elegy.

(transitive) To praise, as if in an elegy.

Source: Wiktionary


El"e*gize, v. t.

Definition: To lament in an elegy; to celebrate in elegiac verse; to bewail. Carlyle.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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