Epitaph

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Epitaph \Ep"i*taph\, v. t.
     To commemorate by an epitaph. [R.]
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           Let me be epitaphed the inventor of English hexameters.
                                                    --G. Harvey.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Epitaph \Ep"i*taph\, v. i.
     To write or speak after the manner of an epitaph. [R.]
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           The common in their speeches epitaph upon him . . . "He
           lived as a wolf and died as a dog."      --Bp. Hall.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Epitaph \Ep"i*taph\, n. [F. ['e]pitaphe, L. epitaphium a funeral
     oration, fr. Gr. ?, orig. an adj., over or at a tomb; 'epi`
     upon + ? tomb. Cf. {Cenotaph}.]
     1. An inscription on, or at, a tomb, or a grave, in memory or
        commendation of the one buried there; a sepulchral
        inscription.
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              Hang her an epitaph upon her tomb.    --Shak.
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     2. A brief writing formed as if to be inscribed on a
        monument, as that concerning Alexander: "Sufficit huic
        tumulus, cui non sufficeret orbis."
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  epitaph
       n 1: an inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the
            person buried there
       2: a summary statement of commemoration for a dead person

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  EPITAPH, n.  An inscription on a tomb, showing that virtues acquired
  by death have a retroactive effect.  Following is a touching example:
  
      Here lie the bones of Parson Platt,
      Wise, pious, humble and all that,
      Who showed us life as all should live it;
      Let that be said -- and God forgive it!