ep1taph, ep1tap he, epitaff, epitafi, epitaphie

[Fr. épitaphe, from Lat. epi taphium, a, from Gr. epitaph ios [ logos ]=a funeral [oration]; epi =upon, over, and taphos =a tomb; Sp. epitaphio; Ital. epitafio.] 1. An inscription on a tomb or monument in honor of the dead. "To define an epitaph is usele ; every one knows it is an inscription on a tomb." - Johnson: Lives of Poets; Pope. 2. A brief descriptive sentence in prose or verse, formed as though to be placed on a tomb or monument. "One of the most pleasing epitaphs in general literature."-W. Chambers , in Ogilvie. *ěp'-1-taph, v. t. & i. (EPΙΤΑΡΗ, 8. ] A. Trans.: To commemorate in an epitaph; to write an epitaph on. B. In trans.: To expre one's self in the manner of an epitaph. of epitaphs. ěp-1-taph-er, s. [Eng. epitaph; -er.] A writer