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(), n.[F. 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." Ep"itaph v. t.To commemorate by an epitaph. [R.] Let me be epitaphed the inventor of English hexameters. G. Harvey. Ep"itaph 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. スポンサード リンク
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