n. [ F. épitaphe, L. epitaphium a funeral oration, fr. Gr. &unr_;, orig. an adj., over or at a tomb; 'epi` upon + &unr_; tomb. Cf. Cenotaph. ] 1. An inscription on, or at, a tomb, or a grave, in memory or commendation of the one buried there; a sepulchral inscription. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hang her an epitaph upon her tomb. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A brief writing formed as if to be inscribed on a monument, as that concerning Alexander: “Sufficit huic tumulus, cui non sufficeret orbis.” [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To commemorate by an epitaph. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Let me be epitaphed the inventor of English hexameters. G. Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To write or speak after the manner of an epitaph. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The common in their speeches epitaph upon him . . . “He lived as a wolf and died as a dog.” Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A writer of epitaphs. Nash.

{ } a. Relating to, or of the nature of, an epitaph. [ 1913 Webster ]

The noble Pericles in his epitaphian speech. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Epitaphial Latin verses are not to be taken too literally. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to an epitaph; epitaphian. -- n. An epitaph. Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An epitapher. [ 1913 Webster ]