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

English Dictionary: evitable by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
epitope
n
  1. the site on the surface of an antigen molecule to which an antibody attaches itself
    Synonym(s): antigenic determinant, determinant, epitope
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
evitable
adj
  1. capable of being avoided or warded off [syn: evitable, avoidable, avertible, avertable]
    Antonym(s): inevitable
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Epitaph \Ep"i*taph\, v. t.
      To commemorate by an epitaph. [R.]
  
               Let me be epitaphed the inventor of English hexameters.
                                                                              --G. Harvey.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Epitaph \Ep"i*taph\, v. i.
      To write or speak after the manner of an epitaph. [R.]
  
               The common in their speeches epitaph upon him . . .
               [bd]He lived as a wolf and died as a dog.[b8] --Bp.
                                                                              Hall.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Epitaph \Ep"i*taph\, n. [F. [82]pitaphe, L. epitaphium a funeral
      oration, fr. Gr. [?], orig. an adj., over or at a tomb; 'epi`
      upon + [?] tomb. Cf. {Cenotaph}.]
      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: [bd]Sufficit huic
            tumulus, cui non sufficeret orbis.[b8]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Epitapher \Ep"i*taph`er\, n.
      A writer of epitaphs. --Nash.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Epitaphial \Ep`i*taph"i*al\, Epitaphian \Ep`i*taph"i*an\, a.
      Relating to, or of the nature of, an epitaph.
  
               The noble Pericles in his epitaphian speech. --Milton.
  
               Epitaphial Latin verses are not to be taken too
               literally.                                             --Lowell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Epitaphial \Ep`i*taph"i*al\, Epitaphian \Ep`i*taph"i*an\, a.
      Relating to, or of the nature of, an epitaph.
  
               The noble Pericles in his epitaphian speech. --Milton.
  
               Epitaphial Latin verses are not to be taken too
               literally.                                             --Lowell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Epitaphic \Ep`i*taph"ic\, a.
      Pertaining to an epitaph; epitaphian. -- n. An epitaph.
      --Udall.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Epitaphist \Ep"i*taph`ist\, n.
      An epitapher.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Evadible \E*vad"i*ble\, a.
      Capable of being evaded. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Evitable \Ev"i*ta*ble\, a. [L. evitabilis: cf. F. [82]vitable.]
      Avoidable. [R.] --Hooker.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
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