Definition of Epitaph

Epitaph

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