Meaning & use
epitaph
Words inscribed on a tombstone, or written in memory of someone who has died.
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Her epitaph simply read that she had loved fiercely and lived without regret.
The historian collected epitaphs from the old cemetery to study the town's early settlers.
A note on using this word
Do not confuse epitaph, words for the dead, with epigraph, a quotation introducing a text.
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