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/el"i juyz'/, v., elegized, elegizing.v.t.1. to lament in or as if in an elegy.v.i.2. to compose an elegy.Also, esp. Brit., elegise.[1695-1705; ELEG(Y) + -IZE]
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Elegize — El e*gize, v. t. To lament in an elegy; to celebrate in elegiac verse; to bewail. Carlyle. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
elegize — 1702; see ELEGY (Cf. elegy) + IZE (Cf. ize). Related: Elegized; elegizing … Etymology dictionary
elegize — (Amer.) el·e·gize || elɪdÊ’aɪz v. write an elegy, write a lament, compose a mournful poem (also elegise) … English contemporary dictionary
elegize — [el′ə jīz΄] vi. elegized, elegizing to write an elegy vt. to commemorate or lament as in an elegy … English World dictionary
elegize — verb ( gized; gizing) Date: 1653 intransitive verb to write an elegy transitive verb to write an elegy on … New Collegiate Dictionary
elegize — verb a) To compose an elegy (for someone) b) To praise (someone) as if in an elegy … Wiktionary
elegize — Synonyms and related words: bemoan, bewail, climb Parnassus, compose poetry, deplore, dirge, give sorrow words, grieve, keen, knell, lament, lisp in numbers, make immortal verse, moan, mount Pegasus, mourn, poetize, repine, sigh, sing, sing… … Moby Thesaurus
elegize — or elegise ɛlɪdʒʌɪz verb write elegiacally. Derivatives elegist noun … English new terms dictionary
elegize — el·e·gize … English syllables
elegize — el•e•gize [[t]ˈɛl ɪˌdʒaɪz[/t]] v. gized, giz•ing 1) to lament in or as if in an elegy 2) to compose or deliver an elegy • Etymology: 1695–1705 … From formal English to slang
