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elegize

elegize verb: to compose an elegy for.

Verb

elegize (third-person singular simple present elegizes, present participle elegizing, simple past and past participle elegized)

  1. (transitive) To compose an elegy for.
    • Yet none in lofty numbers can surpass / The bard who soars to elegize an ass.1821, Lord Byron, Imitation
    • The destruction of the community in Worms, set to "the tune of Rabbi Simon of Prague" was elegized by Isaac Liberman of Worms (1696)1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 439
  2. (intransitive) To compose an elegy.
  3. (transitive) To lament, as if in an elegy.
    • He elegized his lost comrades.

Synonyms of elegize

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Forms of elegize

third-person singular presentelegizes
present participleelegizing
past participleelegized
pastelegized

Origin of elegize

From elegy + -ize.

Questions about elegize

What does elegize mean?
Elegize means to compose an elegy for.
What part of speech is elegize?
Elegize is a verb.
What is the past tense of elegize?
The past tense of elegize is elegized.

Words near elegize in the dictionary

  1. elegist
  2. elegists
  3. elegit
  4. elegits
  5. elegization
  6. elegize
  7. elegized
  8. elegizes
  9. elegizing
  10. elegy
  11. Eleian

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