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Definitions of epitaph in various dictionaries:
noun - an inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the person buried there
noun - a summary statement of commemoration for a dead person
An inscription on a tombstone in memory of the one buried there.
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| William Butler Yeats wrote his own: "Cast a cold eye on life, on death. Horseman, pass by!" |
| Walter Reed's is "He gave to man control over that dreadful scourge, yellow fever" |
| An inscription on a tombstone commemorating the person buried there |
| Perhaps written by Shakespeare himself, it ends, "Curst be he that moves my bones" |
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| a phrase or form of words written in memory of a person who has died, especially as an inscription on a tombstone. |
| A phrase or form of words written in memory of a person who has died, especially as an inscription on a tombstone. |
| An inscription on a tombstone in memory of the one buried there. |
| A brief literary piece commemorating a deceased person. |
| an inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the person buried there |
| a summary statement of commemoration for a dead person |
| a short piece of writing or a poem about a dead person, especially one written on their gravestone |
| a short piece of writing or a poem about a dead person, esp. one written on a tombstone ( the stone over the place where someone is buried) |
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| An epitaph (from Greek epitaphios "a funeral oration" from epi "at, over" and taphos "tomb") is a short text honoring a deceased person. Strictly speaking, it refers to text that is inscribed on a tombstone or plaque, but it may also be used in a figurative sense. Some epitaphs are specified by the person themselves before their death, while others are chosen by those responsible for the burial. An epitaph may be written in prose or in poem verse; poets have been known to compose their own epitaphs prior to their death, as did William Shakespeare.Most epitaphs are brief records of the family, and perhaps the career, of the deceased, often with a common expression of love or respectfor example, "beloved father of ..."but others are more ambitious. From the Renaissance to the 19th century in Western culture, epitaphs for notable people became increasingly lengthy and pompous descriptions of their family origins, career, virtues and immediate family, often in Latin. Notably, the Lau |