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elegise

[el-i-jahyz]

verb (used with object)

to lament in or as if in an elegy.

verb (used without object)

to compose an elegy.

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Also, especially British, el·e·gise.

Origin:
1695–1705; eleg(y) + -ize

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elegize or elegise (ˈɛlɪˌdʒaɪz)

—vb
1.	to compose an elegy or elegies (in memory of)
2.	(intr) to write elegiacally

elegise or elegise

—vb

'elegist or elegise

—n

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