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Elegize

Elegize \El"e*gize\, v. t. To lament in an elegy; to celebrate in elegiac verse; to bewail.
--Carlyle.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
elegize

1702, "write an elegy," from elegy + -ize. Transitive sense is from 1809. Related: Elegized; elegizing.

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elegize

vb. 1 To compose an elegy (for someone) 2 To praise (someone) as if in an elegy

WordNet
elegize

v. compose an elegy [syn: elegise]