Dictionary Entry
epitaph
epitaph is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as noun, transitive verb, and intransitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An inscription on, or at, a tomb, or a grave, in memory or commendation of the one buried there; a sepulchral inscription. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 15 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
An inscription on, or at, a tomb, or a grave, in memory or commendation of the one buried there; a sepulchral inscription.
- 2noun
A brief writing formed as if to be inscribed on a monument, as that concerning Alexander: "Sufficit huic tumulus, cui non sufficeret orbis."
- 3transitive verb
To commemorate by an epitaph.
- 4intransitive verb
To write or speak after the manner of an epitaph.
- 5noun
an inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the person buried there
- 6noun
a summary statement of commemoration for a dead person
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