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ELEGIZE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does elegize mean?
• ELEGIZE (verb)
The verb ELEGIZE has 1 sense:
1. compose an elegy
Familiarity information: ELEGIZE 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 "elegize" 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
Derivation:
elegy (a mournful poem; a lament for the dead)
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