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  1. 1. n. An inscription on, or at, a tomb, or a grave, in memory or commendation of the one buried there; a sepulchral inscription. Source: opted
  2. 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." Source: opted
  3. 3. v. t. To commemorate by an epitaph. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. i. To write or speak after the manner of an epitaph. Source: opted
  5. 5. n. an inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the person buried there Source: wordnet
  6. 6. n. a summary statement of commemoration for a dead person Source: wordnet
  7. 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. Source: webster
  8. 8. To commemorate by an epitaph. [R.]Let me be epitaphed the inventor of English hexameters. G. Harvey. Source: adambom
  9. 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 Source: ecdict

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