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plural epitaphs
An inscription on a gravestone in memory of the deceased. examples
A poem or other short text written in memory of a deceased person. examples
third-person singular simple present epitaphs, present participle epitaphing, simple past and past participle epitaphed
(intransitive) To write or speak after the manner of an epitaph. quotations examples
The Commons in their speeches epitaph upon him […] "He lived as a wolf and died as a dog."
1606, Joseph Hall, Heaven upon Earth
(transitive) To commemorate by an epitaph. quotations examples
Let me rather be epitaphed the inventor of the English Hexameter.
1592, Gabriel Harvey, Foure Letters and certaine Sonnets