Epitaph
Epitaph , noun
[French épitaphe, Latin epitaphium a funeral oration, from Greek {not transcribed}, orig. an adj., over or at a tomb; 'epi` upon + {not transcribed} tomb. Compare Cenotaph.]
1.
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.
2.
A brief writing formed as if to be inscribed on a monument, as that concerning Alexander: “Sufficit huic tumulus, cui non sufficeret orbis.”
Epitaph , transitive verb
To commemorate by an epitaph. [Rare]
Let me be epitaphed the inventor of English hexameters.
Epitaph , intransitive verb
To write or speak after the manner of an epitaph. [Rare]
The common in their speeches epitaph upon him... “He lived as a wolf and died as a dog.”