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elegized

elegized is the simple past and past participle of elegize.

Meaning of elegize

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
  2. (intransitive) To compose an elegy.
  3. (transitive) To lament, as if in an elegy.
    • He elegized his lost comrades.

Questions about elegized

What is elegized the simple past and past participle of?
Elegized is the simple past and past participle of elegize.

Words near elegized in the dictionary

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

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