Thesaurus: epitaph

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1. n. An inscription on, or at, a tomb, or a grave, in memory or commendation of the one buried there; a sepulchral inscription.
2. n. A brief writing formed as if to be inscribed on a monument, as that concerning Alexander: "Sufficit huic tumulus, cui non sufficeret orbis."
3. v. t. To commemorate by an epitaph.
4. v. i. To write or speak after the manner of an epitaph.
5. n. an inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the person buried there
6. n. a summary statement of commemoration for a dead person
7. 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." To commemorate by an epitaph. [R.] Let me be epitaphed the inventor of English hexameters. G. Harvey. 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.
8. To commemorate by an epitaph. [R.]Let me be epitaphed the inventor of English hexameters. G. Harvey.
9. n:100 n. an inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the person buried there n. a summary statement of commemoration for a dead person