Part 3848

<i>Gibbs.</i>

<h1>Epanaphora</h1> <Xpage=500>

<hw>Ep`a*naph"o*ra</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/ a recurrence; <?/ + <?/ to bring or carry back.]</ety> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Anaphora</er>.</def>

<i>Gibbs.</i>

<h1>Epanastrophe</h1> <Xpage=500>

<hw>Ep`a*nas"tro*phe</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/ a return, epanastrophe; <?/ + <?/ to return.]</ety> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Anadiplosis</er>.</def>

<i>Gibbs.</i>

<h1>Epanodos</h1> <Xpage=500>

<hw>E*pan"o*dos</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/ a rising, return; <?/ + <?/ a way up, rising; <?/ up + <?/ way.]</ety> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <def>A figure of speech in which the parts of a sentence or clause are repeated in inverse order</def>, as in the following: --

<blockquote>O more exceeding love, or law more just? Just law, indeed, but more exceeding love! <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Epanody</h1> <Xpage=500>

<hw>E*pan"o*dy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Epanodos</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The abnormal change of an irregular flower to a regular form; -- considered by evolutionists to be a reversion to an ancestral condition.</def>

<h1>Epanorthosis</h1> <Xpage=500>

<hw>Ep`an*or*tho"sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/; <?/ + <?/ to set right again; <?/ again + <?/ to set straight.]</ety> <def>A figure by which a speaker recalls a word or words, in order to substitute something else stronger or more significant; as, Most <i>brave</i>! Brave, did I say? most <i>heroic</i> act!</def>

<h1>Epanthous</h1> <Xpage=500>

<hw>Ep*an"thous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>ep-</ets> + Gr. <?/ flower.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Growing upon flowers; -- said of certain species of fungi.</def>

<h1>Eparch</h1> <Xpage=500>

<hw>Ep"arch</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ over + <?/ chief, <?/ supreme power, dominion.]</ety> <def>In ancient Greece, the governor or perfect of a province; in modern Greece, the ruler of an eparchy.</def>

<h1>Eparchy</h1> <Xpage=500>

<hw>Ep"arch*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ the post or office of an <?/.]</ety> <def>A province, prefecture, or territory, under the jurisdiction of an eparch or governor; esp., in modern Greece, one of the larger subdivisions of a monarchy or province of the kingdom; in Russia, a diocese or archdiocese.</def>

<h1>Eparterial</h1> <Xpage=500>

<hw>Ep`ar*te"ri*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>ep-</ets> + <ets>arterial</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Situated upon or above an artery; -- applied esp. to the branches of the bronchi given off above the point where the pulmonary artery crosses the bronchus.</def>

<h1>Epaule</h1> <Xpage=500>

<hw>E*paule"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>\'82paule</ets> shoulder, shoulder of a bastion. See <er>Epaulet</er>, and cf. <er>Spall</er> the shoulder.]</ety> <fld>(Fort.)</fld> <def>The shoulder of a bastion, or the place where its face and flank meet and form the angle, called the angle of the shoulder.</def>

<h1>Epaulement</h1> <Xpage=500>

<hw>E*paule"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>\'82paulement</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Fort.)</fld> <def>A side work, made of gabions, fascines, or bags, filled with earth, or of earth heaped up, to afford cover from the flanking fire of an enemy.</def>

<h1>Epaulet, Epaulette</h1> <Xpage=500>

<hw><hw>Ep"au*let`</hw>, <hw>Ep"au*lette`</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>\'82paulette</ets>, dim. of <ets>\'82paule</ets> shoulder, fr. L. <ets>spatula</ets> a broad piece (LL., shoulder), dim. of <ets>spatha</ets> abroad, flat instrument, fr. Gr. <?/, also, a broad rib, shoulder blade. See <er>Spade</er> the instrument, and cf. <er>Epaule</er>, <er>Spatula</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>A shoulder ornament or badge worn by military and naval officers, differences of rank being marked by some peculiar form or device, as a star, eagle, etc.; a shoulder knot.</def>