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epitaphed

epitaphed adjective: having been described as the subject of an epitaph. Also the simple past and past participle of epitaph.

Adjective

epitaphed (comparative more epitaphed, superlative most epitaphed)

  1. Having been described as the subject of an epitaph.
    • Since William J. Bryan is politically dead, buried, epitaphed and forgotten, there is something puzzling about the consternation his declaration of political policy has created among the plutocratic politicians and newspapers of both parties who have killed, buried, epitaphed and forgotten him.1904 January 30, The Public, number 304, page 673
    • It is ultimately in the spirit behind these lines that the heritage of Imagism, that much-epitaphed movement, is to be found.1985, The Poetry of Ezra Pound, page 55
  2. Having an inscribed epitaph.
    • What though no monument epitaphed Be built above each grave?1904, Abram Joseph Ryan, “Peace”, in The World's Best Poetry, page 453
    • Under an epitaphed marble slab in a nearby grassy cemetery a loved one rots .2008, William E. Woodruff, A Quirky Eye, page 137

Also used as

epitaphed is also the simple past and past participle of epitaph.

Forms of epitaphed

comparativemore epitaphed
superlativemost epitaphed

Words formed from epitaphed

Questions about epitaphed

What does epitaphed mean?
Epitaphed means having been described as the subject of an epitaph.
What part of speech is epitaphed?
Epitaphed is an adjective.

Words near epitaphed in the dictionary

  1. episymbioses
  2. episymbiosis
  3. episymbiotic
  4. episynaloephe
  5. epitaph
  6. epitaphed
  7. epitapher
  8. epitaphers
  9. epitaphial
  10. epitaphian
  11. epitaphic

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