EPITAPHS

Noun

epitaphs

plural of epitaph

Verb

epitaphs

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of epitaph

Anagrams

• Staph epi, happiest, sapphite

Source: Wiktionary


EPITAPH

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



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