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ELEGIZE

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el⋅e⋅gize

  [el-i-jahyz] verb, -gized, -giz⋅ing.
Use ELEGIZE in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to lament in or as if in an elegy.
–verb (used without object)
2. to compose an elegy.
Also, especially British, el⋅e⋅gise.

Origin:
1695–1705; eleg(y) + -ize
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el·e·gize   (ěl'ə-jīz')   
v.   el·e·gized, el·e·giz·ing, el·e·giz·es

v.   intr.
To compose an elegy.
v.   tr.
To compose an elegy upon or for.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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