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ELEGISE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does elegise mean?
• ELEGISE (verb)
The verb ELEGISE has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: ELEGISE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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