elegize

[ el-i-jahyz ]

/ ˈɛl ɪˌdʒaɪz /

verb (used with object), el·e·gized, el·e·giz·ing.

to lament in or as if in an elegy.

verb (used without object), el·e·gized, el·e·giz·ing.

to compose an elegy.

Nearby words

elegiac couplet,
elegiac pentameter,
elegiac stanza,
elegist,
elegit,
elegy,
elegy written in a country churchyard,
eleia,
eleidin,
elektra

Also especially British, el·e·gise.

Origin of elegize

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

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British Dictionary definitions for elegize

elegize

elegise

/ (ˈɛlɪˌdʒaɪz) /

verb

to compose an elegy or elegies (in memory of)

(intr) to write elegiacally

Derived Formselegist, noun

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Word Origin and History for elegize

elegize

1702; see elegy + -ize. Related: Elegized; elegizing.