elegize en · VERB
Etymology
Etymology tree English elegy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English elegize From elegy + -ize.
Meanings
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(transitive) To compose an elegy for.
The destruction of the community in Worms, set to "the tune of Rabbi Simon of Prague" was elegized by Isaac Liberman of Worms (1696)
1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 439:Yet none in lofty numbers can surpass / The bard who soars to elegize an ass.
1821, Lord Byron, Imitation:Searching for an appropriate image with which to elegize Christ, the speaker relies upon his formal poetic instruction to succeed.
2001, Dennis Kezar, Guilty Creatures: Renaissance poetry and the ethics of authorship:
- (intransitive) To compose an elegy.
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(transitive) To lament, as if in an elegy.
He elegized his lost comrades.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| elegized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| elegized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| elegizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| elegizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Synonyms
grieven · bemoan · grieve · sorrow · grieve · pine · keen · condole · lament · bemourn · begrieve · repent · wail · beweep · becry · wayment · mourn · mourn · mean · elegize · sigh · deplore · afterthink · bewail