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Definition of Epitaph
1. Noun. An inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the person buried there.
2. Noun. A summary statement of commemoration for a dead person.
Definition of Epitaph
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. v. t. To commemorate by an epitaph.
3. v. i. To write or speak after the manner of an epitaph.
Definition of Epitaph
1. Noun. An inscription on a gravestone in memory of the deceased. ¹
2. Noun. A poem or other short text written in memory of a deceased person. ¹
3. Verb. To write or speak after the manner of an epitaph. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Epitaph
1. an inscription on a tomb [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Epitaph
Literary usage of Epitaph
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"epitaph on Gabriel Richardson. Some books are lies frae end to end t Delia.
An Ode. Here lies with death auld Grizel Grim t epitaph on Holy Willie. ..."
2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1866)
"Both, however, are supplied by his epitaph, which the late Mr. Davy has transcribed
in ... In Lowestoft church is this epitaph, on one of Sir Thomas Allen's ..."
3. The Church History of Britain, from the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller, James Nichols (1842)
"J But in this epitaph one thing is wanting, and that mainly material ; namely,
the year when ... As this epitaph points at the day, of smaller consequence; ..."
4. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fritz-Gilbert Waters (1850)
"ANTIQUITY OF AN epitaph. In searching for the antiquity of that well known ...
Hut he says, "this epitaph, ensuing, I have by relation of one of that ..."
5. The Works of Robert Burns by Robert Burns (1841)
"epitaph ON MR BURTON.' HERE cursing swearing Burton lies, A buck, a beau, or Dem
my eyes ! Who in his life did little good, And his last words were Dem my ..."
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