Meaning

1 senses

  1. To sing dirges

Examples

4 sentences

  1. Tom composed a dirge for Mary.

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  2. Fittingly, her last composition was a dirge.

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  3. Tom composed a dirge to honor the late emperor.

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  4. When I first tried to play the dirge, I only got through a dozen measures before breaking down in tears.

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Origin

From Middle English dirige, from Latin dirige (“steer, direct”), from the beginning of the

From Middle English dirige, from Latin dirige (“steer, direct”), from the beginning of the first antiphon in matins for the dead, Dirige, Domine, deus meus, in conspectu tuo viam meam. Doublet of dirige.

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Forms

dirges, dirging, dirged, dirged
Base formdirge · to dirge
3rd person singulardirges
Present participledirging
Past simpledirged
Past participledirged

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydirge
he, she, itdirges

Past simpleLesson

all personsdirged

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave dirged
he, she, ithas dirged

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill dirge

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
directorA2directoratedirectorydirigibledirtB1
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