Hypertext Webster Gateway: "epitaph"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Epitaph \Ep"i*taph\, n. [F. ['e]pitaphe, L. epitaphium a funeral
oration, fr. Gr. ?, orig. an adj., over or at a tomb; 'epi`
upon + ? tomb. Cf. {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.''
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Epitaph \Ep"i*taph\, v. t.
To commemorate by an epitaph. [R.]
Let me be epitaphed the inventor of English hexameters.
--G. Harvey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Epitaph \Ep"i*taph\, v. i.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
epitaph
n 1: an inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the
person buried there
2: a summary statement of commemoration for a dead person
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