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Epitaph and Eulogy Definitions

Epitaph

An inscription on a tombstone in memory of the one buried there.

Eulogy

A laudatory speech or written tribute, especially one praising someone who has died.

Epitaph

A brief literary piece commemorating a deceased person.

Eulogy

High praise or commendation.

Epitaph

An inscription on a gravestone in memory of the deceased.
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Eulogy

An oration to honor a deceased person, usually at a funeral.

Epitaph

A poem or other short text written in memory of a deceased person.

Eulogy

Speaking highly of someone or something; the act of praising or commending someone or something.

Epitaph

(intransitive) To write or speak after the manner of an epitaph.

Eulogy

A speech or writing in commendation of the character or services of a person; as, a fitting eulogy to worth.
Eulogies turn into elegies.
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Epitaph

(transitive) To commemorate by an epitaph.

Eulogy

A formal expression of praise

Epitaph

An inscription on, or at, a tomb, or a grave, in memory or commendation of the one buried there; a sepulchral inscription.
Hang her an epitaph upon her tomb.

Epitaph

A brief writing formed as if to be inscribed on a monument, as that concerning Alexander: "Sufficit huic tumulus, cui non sufficeret orbis."

Epitaph

To commemorate by an epitaph.
Let me be epitaphed the inventor of English hexameters.

Epitaph

To write or speak after the manner of an epitaph.
The common in their speeches epitaph upon him . . . "He lived as a wolf and died as a dog."

Epitaph

An inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the person buried there

Epitaph

A summary statement of commemoration for a dead person

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