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elegize
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English elegy
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Late Latin -izōder.
Middle French -iserbor.
Middle English -isen
English -ize
English elegize
From elegy + -ize.
verb elegizes · elegizing · elegized
- To compose an elegy for. Yet none in lofty numbers can surpass / The bard who soars to elegize an ass.
- To compose an elegy.
- To lament, as if in an elegy. He elegized his lost comrades.
