epitaph UK /ˈɛp.ɪˌtɑːf/US /ˈɛp.ɪˌtæf/noun 2verb 2forms 3 noun2 •An inscription on a gravestone in memory of the deceased. •A poem or other short text written in memory of a deceased person. verb2 •To commemorate by an epitaph.Let me rather be epitaphed the inventor of the English Hexameter. — 1592 •To write or speak after the manner of an epitaph.The Commons in their speeches epitaph upon him […] "He lived as a wolf and died as a dog." — 1606 formsepitaphed · epitaphing · epitaphs