˜yÐÄvlog

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elegize

[ el-i-jahyz ]

verb (used with object)

elegized, elegizing.
  1. to lament in or as if in an elegy.


verb (used without object)

elegized, elegizing.
  1. to compose an elegy.

elegize

/ ˈɛ±ôɪˌ»åÏô²¹Éª³ú /

verb

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

  • ˈ±ð±ô±ð²µ¾±²õ³Ù, noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of elegize1

First recorded in 1695–1705; eleg(y) + -ize
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Sharif recounts her Iranian immigrant family’s experience living under surveillance and in detention in the United States, and elegizes an uncle who was killed fighting in the Iran-Iraq War.

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“Rewind That†elegizes the producer J Dilla, a touching idea that Common and others have put into practice before.

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The spot he chose was not far from the grave of the singer Florence Mills, who died in 1927 and whom Ellington elegized in the song “Black Beauty†the following year.

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Whatever its political implications of a movie that glamorizes and elegizes the makers of war, The Wind Rises shows Miyazaki at his most confident.

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When he idolizes on The West Wing, he elegizes.

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