Epitaphed

adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of epitaph form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Having been described as the subject of an epitaph.

    "Since William J. Bryan is politically dead, buried, epitaphed and forgotten, there is something puzzling about the consternation his declaration of political policy has created among the plutocratic politicians and newspapers of both parties who have killed, buried, epitaphed and forgotten him."

  2. 2
    Having an inscribed epitaph.

    "What though no monument epitaphed Be built above each grave?"

Example

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"Since William J. Bryan is politically dead, buried, epitaphed and forgotten, there is something puzzling about the consternation his declaration of political policy has created among the plutocratic politicians and newspapers of both parties who have killed, buried, epitaphed and forgotten him."

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