Part 3865

<h1>Epiphany</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>E*piph"a*ny</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>\'82piphanie</ets>, L. <ets>epiphania</ets>, Gr. <?/ (sc. <?/), for <?/ appearance, fr. <?/ to show forth; <?/ + <?/ to show. See <er>Fancy</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>An appearance, or a becoming manifest.</def>

<blockquote>Whom but just before they beheld transfigured and in a glorious <b>epiphany</b> upon the mount. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>An epic poet, if ever such a difficult birth should make its <b>epiphany</b> in Paris. <i>De Quincey.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <def>A church festival celebrated on the 6th of January, the twelfth day after Christmas, in commemoration of the visit of the Magi of the East to Bethlehem, to see and worship the child Jesus; or, as others maintain, to commemorate the appearance of the star to the Magi, symbolizing the manifestation of Christ to the Gentles; Twelfthtide.</def>

<h1>Epipharyngeal</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>Ep`i*phar`yn*ge"al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>epi-</ets> + <ets>pharyngeal</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to the segments above the epibranchial in the branchial arches of fishes.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>An epipharyngeal bone or cartilage.</def></def2>

<h1>Epipharynx</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>Ep`i*phar"ynx</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Epi-</ets> + <ets>pharynx</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A structure which overlaps the mouth of certain insects.</def>

<h1>Epiphonema</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>Ep`i*pho*ne"ma</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to mention; <?/ + <?/ to speak.]</ety> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <def>An exclamatory sentence, or striking reflection, which sums up or concludes a discourse.</def>

<h1>Epiphoneme</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>E*piph"o*neme</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Epiphonema.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Epiphora</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>E*piph"o*ra</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to bring to or upon; <?/ + <?/ to bring.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The watery eye; a disease in which the tears accumulate in the eye, and trickle over the cheek.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <def>The emphatic repetition of a word or phrase, at the end of several sentences or stanzas.</def>

<h1>Epiphragm</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>Ep"i*phragm</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ a covering, lid, fr. <?/ to block up.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A membranaceous or calcareous septum with which some mollusks close the aperture of the shell during the time of hibernation, or \'91stivation.</def>

<h1>Epiphylospermous</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>Ep`i*phy`lo*sper"mous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ + <?/ leaf + <?/ seed.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Bearing fruit on the black of the leaves, as ferns.</def>

<i>Harris (1710).</i>

<h1>Epiphyllous</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>E*piph"yl*lous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ + <?/ leaf.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Growing upon, or inserted into, the leaf.</def>

<h1>Epiphyllum</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>Ep`i*phyl"lum</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of cactaceous plants having flattened, jointed stems, and petals united in a tube. The flowers are very showy, and several species are in cultivation.</def>

<h1>Epiphyseal, Epiphysial</h1> <Xpage=501>