a. [ L. elegiacus, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. élégiaque. See Elegy. ] 1. Belonging to elegy, or written in elegiacs; plaintive; expressing sorrow or lamentation; as, an elegiac lay; elegiac strains. [ 1913 Webster ]

Elegiac griefs, and songs of love. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Used in elegies; as, elegiac verse; the elegiac distich or couplet, consisting of a dactylic hexameter and pentameter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Elegiac verse. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Elegiac. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who composes elegies. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; an elegy + -graph + -er. ] An elegist. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A write of elegies. T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., he has chosen, fr. eligere to choose. See Elect. ] (Law) A judicial writ of execution, by which a defendant's goods are appraised and delivered to the plaintiff, and, if not sufficient to satisfy the debt, all of his lands are delivered, to be held till the debt is paid by the rents and profits, or until the defendant's interest has expired. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To lament in an elegy; to celebrate in elegiac verse; to bewail. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]