elegize

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To compose an elegy for. transitive
    — Yet none in lofty numbers can surpass / The bard who soars to elegize an ass.
  2. To compose an elegy. intransitive
  3. To lament, as if in an elegy. transitive
    — He elegized his lost comrades.

词形变化

elegizes present,singular,third-person elegizing participle,present elegized participle,past elegized past

词源

Etymology tree
English elegy
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Late Latin -izōder.
Middle French -iserbor.
Middle English -isen
English -ize
English elegize
From elegy + -ize.
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