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单词 epitaph
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epitaphn.

/ˈɛpɪtɑːf//ˈɛpɪtaf/
Forms: α. (Middle English epithphy) Middle English epytaphy, (1500s epetaphy), Middle English–1500s epitaphye, epitaphie. β. Middle English–1500s epitaphe, (Middle English epythaphe, epithaphe, epetaph, epitaff, 1600s– epitaph.
Etymology: < Latin epitaphium, < Greek ἐπιτάϕιον, neuter of ἐπιτάϕιος adjective (spoken) on the occasion of a burial, (written) upon a tomb, < ἐπί upon + τάϕος sepulture, tomb. The β forms probably < French épitaphe.
a. An inscription upon a tomb. Hence, occasionally, a brief composition characterizing a deceased person, and expressed as if intended to be inscribed on his tombstone.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > death > obsequies > monument > [noun] > epitaph
epitaph1387
society > communication > writing > written text > an inscription > [noun] > other types of inscription
epitaph1387
elogy1605
remembrancea1616
elogiuma1699
manusculpta1859
laudation1868
society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [noun] > epitaph
epitaph1387
α.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 225 Þis geauntes epitaphium [MS ephitafium], þat is, þe writynge of mynde of hym þat lay þere, was suche.]
1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls) VII. 149 His epithphy—þat is, writynge on his grave.
c1470 J. Hardyng Chron. xcvii. xv Ye bishop of Rome..on his tombe set his epitaphye.
1520 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1884) V. 123 Such a epitaphie as shall be devised by me or my executours.
a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) II. 6 A rich Tumbe of Alabastre..having this Epitaphie on it.
β. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) viii. l. 1531 Hire Epitaffe of good assisse Was write about [a tumbe].1513 Lydgate's Troye Bk. (Pynson) ii. xx. sig. M.ii/1 An Epythaphe anone he dyde graue In his honour.?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Uii (title) An epitaphe made vpon the deth of frenche.1583 (title) A Booke of Epitaphes made upon the Death of Sir William Buttes.1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. iii. iii. 400 For all Orations..Epithaphes, herses..he dies like a hog.1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 25. ¶5 An Italian Epitaph written on the Monument of a Valetudinarian.1816 W. Scott Old Mortality i, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. II. 10 They belong, we are assured by the epitaph, to the class of persecuted Presbyterians.1849 E. Bulwer-Lytton Caxtons I. iv. v. 190 But no epitaph tells their virtues.
b. transferred and figurative.
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1847 R. W. Emerson Goethe in Wks. (1906) I. 382 The rolling rock leaves its scratches on the mountain..the fern and leaf their modest epitaph in the coal.
1860 F. W. Farrar Ess. Origin Lang. i. 26 That gigantic and mysterious epitaph of humanity.

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1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 99. ⁋5 What will become of your Embalmers, Epitaph-Mongers, and Chief Mourners?
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

epitaphv.

/ˈɛpɪtɑːf//ˈɛpɪtaf/
Etymology: < epitaph n.
1. transitive.
a. To describe in an epitaph; with complement.
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the world > life > death > obsequies > monument > inscribe upon monument [verb (transitive)]
epitaph1592
1592 G. Harvey Foure Lett. 19 Let mee rather be Epitaphed, the Inuentour of the English Hexameter.
1818 J. Brown Psyche 114 Epitaph'd an honest man.
b. To write an epitaph upon.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > art or occupation of writer or author > be the author of or write (a work) [verb (transitive)] > express in written work or write about > write epitaph on
epitaphizea1843
epitaph1865
1865 Athenæum No. 1992. 929/1 Proudly entombed and epitaphed.
2. intransitive. To speak or write as in an epitaph; impersonal in passive. Also, to epitaph it. Obsolete.
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the mind > language > speech > speech-making > make a speech [verb (intransitive)] > for particular occasion, purpose, or cause
epitaph1606
vary1680
stump1839
to take the stump1868
spruik1894
to go on the stump1903
Limehouse1913
tub-thump1920
soap-box1926
the world > life > death > obsequies > monument > be inscribed upon monument [verb (intransitive)] > epitaph
epitaph1606
society > leisure > the arts > literature > art or occupation of writer or author > follow occupation of writer [verb (intransitive)] > compose > epitaphs
epitaph1606
1606 Bp. J. Hall Heauen vpon Earth xviii. 125 The commons..in their speeches Epitaph vpon him, as on that Pope. He liued as a wolfe, & died as a dog.
1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (ii. 15) 952 But many a man may say of his wealth, as it was epitaph'd on that Pope.
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Bucks. 138 The Poet thus Epitapheth it.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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