verb
Meaning 1
To compose an elegy for.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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elegize
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verb
Meaning 2
To compose an elegy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 3
To lament, as if in an elegy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- He elegized his lost comrades.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: grieve, mourn, afterthink, becry, begrieve, bemoan, bemourn, bewail, beweep, condole, deplore, elegize, grieven, keen, lament, mean, pine, repent, sigh, sorrow, wail, wayment
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
compose an elegy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: elegise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: verse, versify, poetize, poetise
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English elegy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English elegize From elegy + -ize.