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<hw><hw>Ep`i*log"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ep`i*log"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to an epilogue.</def>
<h1>Epilogism</h1> <Xpage=501>
<hw>E*pil"o*gism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to reckon over, to deliver an epilogue; <?/ upon + <?/ to count, reckon. See <er>Epilogue</er>.]</ety> <def>Enumeration; computation.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>
<i>J. Gregory.</i>
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<hw>Ep`i*lo*gis"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Gr. <?/ calculating. See <er>Epilogism</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to epilogue; of the nature of an epilogue.</def>
<i>T. Warton.</i>
<i>\'3c-- p. 502 --\'3e</i>
<h1>Epilogize</h1> <Xpage=501>
<hw>E*pil"o*gize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i. & t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Epilogism</er>.]</ety> <def>To speak an epilogue to; to utter as an epilogue.</def>
<h1>Epilogue</h1> <Xpage=501>
<hw>Ep"i*logue</hw> <tt>(?; 115)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>\'82pilogue</ets>, L. <ets>epilogus</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/ conclusion, fr. <?/ to say in addition; <?/ upon, besides + <?/ to say. See <er>Legend</er>.]</ety>
<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Drama)</fld> <def>A speech or short poem addressed to the spectators and recited by one of the actors, after the conclusion of the play.</def>
<blockquote>A good play no <b>epilogue</b>, yet . . . good plays prove the better by the help of good <b>epilogues</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>
<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <def>The closing part of a discourse, in which the principal matters are recapitulated; a conclusion.</def>
<h1>Epiloguize</h1> <Xpage=501>
<hw>Ep"i*lo*guize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i. & t.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Epilogize</er>.</def>
<h1>Epimachus</h1> <Xpage=501>
<hw>E*pim"a*chus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ equipped for battle; <?/ for + <?/ battle.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of highly ornate and brilliantly colored birds of Australia, allied to the birds of Paradise.</def>
<h1>Epimera</h1> <Xpage=501>
<hw>E*pim"e*ra</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <def>See <er>Epimeron</er>.</def>
<h1>Epimeal</h1> <Xpage=501>
<hw>E*pim"e*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to the epimera.</def>
<h1>Epimere</h1> <Xpage=501>
<hw>Ep"i*mere</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Epi-</ets> + <ets>-mere</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>One of the segments of the transverse axis, or the so called homonymous parts; as, for example, one of the several segments of the extremities in vertebrates, or one of the similar segments in plants, such as the segments of a segmented leaf.</def>
<i>Syd. Soc. Lex.</i>
<h1>Epimeron</h1> <Xpage=501>
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