Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to elegize
Participle: elegized
Gerund: elegizing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | elegize |
| you | elegize |
| he;she;it | elegizes |
| we | elegize |
| you | elegize |
| they | elegize |
Perfect
| I | have elegized |
| you | have elegized |
| he;she;it | has elegized |
| we | have elegized |
| you | have elegized |
| they | have elegized |
Past
| I | elegized |
| you | elegized |
| he;she;it | elegized |
| we | elegized |
| you | elegized |
| they | elegized |
Pluperfect
| I | had elegized |
| you | had elegized |
| he;she;it | had elegized |
| we | had elegized |
| you | had elegized |
| they | had elegized |
Future
| I | will elegize |
| you | will elegize |
| he;she;it | will elegize |
| we | will elegize |
| you | will elegize |
| they | will elegize |
Future Perfect
| 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 |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | elegize |
| you | elegize |
| he;she;it | elegize |
| we | elegize |
| you | elegize |
| they | elegize |
Perfect
| I | have elegized |
| you | have elegized |
| he;she;it | have elegized |
| we | have elegized |
| you | have elegized |
| they | have elegized |
Imperfect
| I | elegized |
| you | elegized |
| he;she;it | elegized |
| we | elegized |
| you | elegized |
| they | elegized |
Pluperfect
| I | had elegized |
| you | had elegized |
| he;she;it | had elegized |
| we | had elegized |
| you | had elegized |
| they | had elegized |
Conditional
Present
| I | would elegize |
| you | would elegize |
| he;she;it | would elegize |
| we | would elegize |
| you | would elegize |
| they | would elegize |
Perfect
| 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 |
Imperative
| you | elegize |
| we | Let's elegize |
| you | elegize |
Verbs conjugated like 'elegize'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'elegize'
elegise,
emetize,
energize,
eulogize,
selenize,
televize,
acetize,
alegge,
alienize,
allergize,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. English elegy
3. Proto-Indo-European *-id-
4. Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
5. Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
6. Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
7. Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
8. Late Latin -izōder.
9. Middle French -iserbor.
10. Middle English -isen
11. English -ize
12. English elegize
13. From elegy + -ize.
Sample Sentences
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Yet none in lofty numbers can surpass / The bard who soars to elegize an ass. [1821, Lord Byron, Imitation:]
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The destruction of the community in Worms, set to "the tune of Rabbi Simon of Prague" was elegized by Isaac Liberman of Worms (1696) [1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 439:]
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Searching for an appropriate image with which to elegize Christ, the speaker relies upon his formal poetic instruction to succeed. [2001, Dennis Kezar, Guilty Creatures: Renaissance poetry and the ethics of authorship:]
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He elegized his lost comrades.