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el·e·gize
(ĕl′ə-jīz′)v. el·e·gized, el·e·giz·ing, el·e·giz·es
v.intr.
To compose an elegy.
v.tr.
To compose an elegy upon or for.
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elegize
(ˈɛlɪˌdʒaɪz) orelegise
vb
1. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) to compose an elegy or elegies (in memory of)
2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) (intr) to write elegiacally
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el•e•gize
(ˈɛl ɪˌdʒaɪz)v. -gized, -giz•ing. v.t.
1. to lament in or as if in an elegy.
v.i. 2. to compose or deliver an elegy.
[1695–1705]
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elegize
Past participle: elegized
Gerund: elegizing
| Imperative |
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| elegize |
| elegize |
| Present |
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| I elegize |
| you elegize |
| he/she/it elegizes |
| we elegize |
| you elegize |
| they elegize |
| Preterite |
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| I elegized |
| you elegized |
| he/she/it elegized |
| we elegized |
| you elegized |
| they elegized |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am elegizing |
| you are elegizing |
| he/she/it is elegizing |
| we are elegizing |
| you are elegizing |
| they are elegizing |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have elegized |
| you have elegized |
| he/she/it has elegized |
| we have elegized |
| you have elegized |
| they have elegized |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was elegizing |
| you were elegizing |
| he/she/it was elegizing |
| we were elegizing |
| you were elegizing |
| they were elegizing |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had elegized |
| you had elegized |
| he/she/it had elegized |
| we had elegized |
| you had elegized |
| they had elegized |
| Future |
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| I will elegize |
| you will elegize |
| he/she/it will elegize |
| we will elegize |
| you will elegize |
| they will elegize |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have elegized |
| you will have elegized |
| he/she/it will have elegized |
| we will have elegized |
| you will have elegized |
| they will have elegized |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be elegizing |
| you will be elegizing |
| he/she/it will be elegizing |
| we will be elegizing |
| you will be elegizing |
| they will be elegizing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been elegizing |
| you have been elegizing |
| he/she/it has been elegizing |
| we have been elegizing |
| you have been elegizing |
| they have been elegizing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been elegizing |
| you will have been elegizing |
| he/she/it will have been elegizing |
| we will have been elegizing |
| you will have been elegizing |
| they will have been elegizing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been elegizing |
| you had been elegizing |
| he/she/it had been elegizing |
| we had been elegizing |
| you had been elegizing |
| they had been elegizing |
| Conditional |
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| I would elegize |
| you would elegize |
| he/she/it would elegize |
| we would elegize |
| you would elegize |
| they would elegize |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have elegized |
| you would have elegized |
| he/she/it would have elegized |
| we would have elegized |
| you would have elegized |
| they would have elegized |
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Translations
elegize
vi → (in Elegien) klagen (→ upon über +acc)
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