English Explanatory Dictionary

elegize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To compose an elegy for.
  2. To compose an elegy.
  3. To lament, as if in an elegy.

Word forms

elegize elegizes elegizing elegized

Etymology

From elegy + -ize.

Synonyms

grieve mourn afterthink becry begrieve bemoan bemourn bewail beweep condole deplore elegize grieven keen lament mean pine repent sigh sorrow wail wayment
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