Defn: To write or speak after the manner of an epitaph. [R.] The common in their speeches epitaph upon him . . . "He lived as a wolf and died as a dog." Bp. Hall.
EPITAPHER
Ep"i*taph`er, n.
Defn: A writer of epitaphs. Nash.
EPITAPHIAL; EPITAPHIAN
Ep`i*taph"i*al, Ep`i*taph"i*an, a.
Defn: Relating to, or of the nature of, an epitaph.
The noble Pericles in his epitaphian speech. Milton.
Epitaphial Latin verses are not to be taken too literally. Lowell.
EPITAPHIC
Ep`i*taph"ic, a.
Defn: Pertaining to an epitaph; epitaphian.
— n.
Defn: An epitaph. Udall.
EPITAPHIST
Ep"i*taph`ist, n.
Defn: An epitapher.