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ELEGISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does elegise mean? 

ELEGISE (verb)
  The verb ELEGISE has 1 sense:

1. compose an elegyplay

  Familiarity information: ELEGISE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ELEGISE (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Compose an elegy

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

elegise; elegize

Hypernyms (to "elegise" is one way to...):

poetise; poetize; verse; versify (compose verses or put into verse)

Domain category:

poesy; poetry; verse (literature in metrical form)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s


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