elegize

American  

[el-i-jahyz] / ˈɛl ɪˌdʒaɪz /

especially British, elegise

verb (used with object)

elegized, elegizing

1. to lament in or as if in an elegy.

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verb (used without object)

elegized, elegizing

1. to compose an elegy.

elegize British  

/ ˈɛlɪˌdʒaɪz /

verb

1. to compose an elegy or elegies (in memory of)

2. (intr) to write elegiacally

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Other Word Forms

• elegist noun

Etymology

Origin of elegize

First recorded in 1695–1705; eleg(y) + -ize

Example Sentences

Sharif recounts her Iranian immigrant family’s experience living under surveillance and in detention in the United States, and elegizes an uncle who was killed fighting in the Iran-Iraq War.

From The New Yorker

“Rewind That” elegizes the producer J Dilla, a touching idea that Common and others have put into practice before.

From New York Times

The spot he chose was not far from the grave of the singer Florence Mills, who died in 1927 and whom Ellington elegized in the song “Black Beauty” the following year.

From New York Times

Whatever its political implications of a movie that glamorizes and elegizes the makers of war, The Wind Rises shows Miyazaki at his most confident.

From Time

When he idolizes on The West Wing, he elegizes.

From The Guardian