Associations to the word «Epitaph»

Wiktionary

EPITAPH, noun. An inscription on a gravestone in memory of the deceased.
EPITAPH, noun. A poem or other short text written in memory of a deceased person.
EPITAPH, verb. (intransitive) To write or speak after the manner of an epitaph.
EPITAPH, verb. (transitive) To commemorate by an epitaph.

Dictionary definition

EPITAPH, noun. An inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the person buried there.
EPITAPH, noun. A summary statement of commemoration for a dead person.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats