Epitaph1. (n.) An inscription on a tomb, grave, or monument, in memory the one buried there; a sepulchral inscription.
2. (n.) A brief writing formed as if to be inscribed on a monument, as that concerning Alexander: Sufficit huic tumulus, cui non sufficeret orbis.
3. (v. t.) To commemorate by an epitaph.
4. (v. i.) To write or speak after the manner of an epitaph.
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