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elegizes

elegizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 elegizes

What is elegizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Elegizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of elegize.

Words near elegizes in the dictionary

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

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