1. writes or speaks in a mournful way about someone who has died or something that is lost
Usage: formal; literary

Examples

• The poet elegizes his fallen comrades in his latest work.
• She elegizes the passing of traditional ways of life.
• The author elegizes his childhood home that was demolished.
• In her speech, she elegizes the victims of the tragedy.
• The song elegizes a lost love with haunting melodies.
• He elegizes the end of an era in American history.