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elegizing

elegizing is the present participle and gerund 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 elegizing

What is elegizing the present participle and gerund of?
Elegizing is the present participle and gerund of elegize.

Words near elegizing in the dictionary

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

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