EPITAPH

epitaph

(noun) an inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the person buried there

epitaph

(noun) a summary statement of commemoration for a dead person

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

epitaph (plural epitaphs)

An inscription on a gravestone in memory of the deceased.

A poem or other short text written in memory of a deceased person.

Verb

epitaph (third-person singular simple present epitaphs, present participle epitaphing, simple past and past participle epitaphed)

(intransitive) To write or speak after the manner of an epitaph.

(transitive) To commemorate by an epitaph.

Source: Wiktionary

Ep"i*taph, n. Etym: [F. épitaphe, L. epitaphium a funeral oration, fr. Gr. 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."

Ep"i*taph, v. t.

Definition: To commemorate by an epitaph. [R.] Let me be epitaphed the inventor of English hexameters. G. Harvey.

Ep"i*taph, v. i.

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition