Ĕp'i-cēde, n.
n. [Gr. ἐπικηδείον, dirge, elegy, from ἐπικηδείος, funereal, from ἐπί and κῆδος, care, sorrow, from κηδεῖν, to make anxious, to trouble; Lat. epicedion, Fr. épicède.] A funeral song or discourse; an elegy. [Rare.] Donne.
n. [Gr. ἐπικηδείον, dirge, elegy, from ἐπικηδείος, funereal, from ἐπί and κῆδος, care, sorrow, from κηδεῖν, to make anxious, to trouble; Lat. epicedion, Fr. épicède.] A funeral song or discourse; an elegy. [Rare.] Donne.