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epitaph
(encz) | epitaph,epitaf n: Zdeněk Brož |
epitaph
(encz) | epitaph,náhrobní nápis TonyMi |
Epitaph
(gcide) | Epitaph \Ep"i*taph\, v. t.
To commemorate by an epitaph. [R.]
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Let me be epitaphed the inventor of English hexameters.
--G. Harvey.
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Epitaph
(gcide) | Epitaph \Ep"i*taph\, v. i.
To write or speak after the manner of an epitaph. [R.]
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The common in their speeches epitaph upon him . . . "He
lived as a wolf and died as a dog." --Bp. Hall.
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Epitaph
(gcide) | 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.
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Hang her an epitaph upon her tomb. --Shak.
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2. A brief writing formed as if to be inscribed on a
monument, as that concerning Alexander: "Sufficit huic
tumulus, cui non sufficeret orbis."
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epitaph
(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 |
epitaph
(devil) | EPITAPH, n. An inscription on a tomb, showing that virtues acquired
by death have a retroactive effect. Following is a touching example:
Here lie the bones of Parson Platt,
Wise, pious, humble and all that,
Who showed us life as all should live it;
Let that be said -- and God forgive it!
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epitaph
(encz) | epitaph,epitaf n: Zdeněk Brožepitaph,náhrobní nápis TonyMi |
Epitapher
(gcide) | Epitapher \Ep"i*taph`er\, n.
A writer of epitaphs. --Nash. Epitaphial |
Epitaphial
(gcide) | Epitaphial \Ep`i*taph"i*al\, Epitaphian \Ep`i*taph"i*an\, a.
Relating to, or of the nature of, an epitaph.
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The noble Pericles in his epitaphian speech. --Milton.
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Epitaphial Latin verses are not to be taken too
literally. --Lowell.
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Epitaphian
(gcide) | Epitaphial \Ep`i*taph"i*al\, Epitaphian \Ep`i*taph"i*an\, a.
Relating to, or of the nature of, an epitaph.
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The noble Pericles in his epitaphian speech. --Milton.
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Epitaphial Latin verses are not to be taken too
literally. --Lowell.
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Epitaphic
(gcide) | Epitaphic \Ep`i*taph"ic\, a.
Pertaining to an epitaph; epitaphian. -- n. An epitaph.
--Udall.
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Epitaphist
(gcide) | Epitaphist \Ep"i*taph`ist\, n.
An epitapher.
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epitaph
(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 |
epitaph
(devil) | EPITAPH, n. An inscription on a tomb, showing that virtues acquired
by death have a retroactive effect. Following is a touching example:
Here lie the bones of Parson Platt,
Wise, pious, humble and all that,
Who showed us life as all should live it;
Let that be said -- and God forgive it!
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