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Ep"i*taph (?), n. [F. épitaphe, L. epitaphium a funeral oration, fr. Gr. &unr_;, orig. an adj., over or at a tomb; 'epi` upon + &unr_; 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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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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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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