'Epitaph' definitions:
Definition of 'epitaph'
(from WordNet)
noun
An inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the person buried there
noun
A summary statement of commemoration for a dead person
Definition of 'Epitaph'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- Hang her an epitaph upon her tomb. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A brief writing formed as if to be inscribed on a monument, as that concerning Alexander: "Sufficit huic tumulus, cui non sufficeret orbis." [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Epitaph'
From: GCIDE
- Epitaph \Ep"i*taph\, v. t. To commemorate by an epitaph. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- Let me be epitaphed the inventor of English hexameters. --G. Harvey. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Epitaph'
From: GCIDE
- Epitaph \Ep"i*taph\, v. i. To write or speak after the manner of an epitaph. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- The common in their speeches epitaph upon him . . . "He lived as a wolf and died as a dog." --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster]