1. writing or composing an elegy; lamenting or mourning in verse
Usage: present participle of elegise; British spelling

Examples

• The poet spent months elegising his departed friend.
• She was elegising the fallen soldiers in her latest work.
• The author is elegising a lost way of life in rural England.
• He found himself elegising his childhood home after it was demolished.
• The songwriter was elegising the end of an era.
• Critics praised her skill in elegising personal loss.