Epitaph

Ep´i`taph

n.	1.	An inscription on, or at, a tomb, or a grave, in memory or commendation of the one buried there; a sepulchral inscription. Hang her an epitaph upon her tomb. - Shak.
	2.	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.	1.	To commemorate by an epitaph. Let me be epitaphed the inventor of English hexameters. - G. Harvey.
v. i.	1.	To write or speak after the manner of an epitaph. The common in their speeches epitaph upon him . . . "He lived as a wolf and died as a dog." - Bp. Hall.

Noun	1.	epitaph - an inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the person buried there
	2.	epitaph - a summary statement of commemoration for a dead person