elegize

[ el-i-jahyz ]
/ ˈɛl ɪˌdʒaɪz /

verb (used with object), el·e·gized, el·e·giz·ing.

to lament in or as if in an elegy.

verb (used without object), el·e·gized, el·e·giz·ing.

to compose an elegy.
Also especially British, el·e·gise.

Origin of elegize

First recorded in 1695–1705; eleg(y) + -ize

Words nearby elegize

elegiac couplet, elegiac pentameter, elegiac stanza, elegist, elegit, elegize, elegy, elegy written in a country churchyard, eleia, eleidin, elektra

British Dictionary definitions for elegize

elegize

elegise

/ (ˈɛlɪˌdʒaɪz) /

verb

to compose an elegy or elegies (in memory of)
(intr) to write elegiacally

Derived forms of elegize

elegist, noun