Definition of epitaph

• n. - An inscription on, or at, a tomb, or a grave, in memory or commendation of the one buried there; a sepulchral inscription.
• n. - A brief writing formed as if to be inscribed on a monument, as that concerning Alexander: "Sufficit huic tumulus, cui non sufficeret orbis."
• v. t. - To commemorate by an epitaph.
• v. i. - To write or speak after the manner of an epitaph.