Part 3869

<h1>Episcopize</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>E*pis"co*pize</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To perform the duties of a bishop.</def>

<h1>Episcopy</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>E*pis"co*py</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, fr. <?/. See <er>Bishop</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Survey; superintendence.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Episcopacy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Jer. Taylor.</i>

<h1>Episepalous</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>Ep`i*sep"al*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>epi-</ets> + <ets>sepal</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Growing on the sepals or adnate to them.</def>

<h1>Episkeletal</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>Ep`i*skel"e*tal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>epi-</ets> + <ets>skeleletal</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Above or outside of the endoskeleton; epaxial.</def>

<h1>Episodal</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>Ep`i*so"dal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Episodic</er>.</def>

<h1>Episode</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>Ep"i*sode</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ a coming in besides, <?/ episode; <?/ into, besides + <?/ a coming in, <?/ into + <?/ way, cf. Skr. <ets>sad</ets> to go: cf. F. <ets>\'82pisode</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <def>A separate incident, story, or action, introduced for the purpose of giving a greater variety to the events related; an incidental narrative, or digression, separable from the main subject, but naturally arising from it.</def>

<h1>Episodial</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>Ep`i*so"di*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to an episode; by way of episode; episodic.</def>

<h1>Episodic, Episodical</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw><hw>Ep`i*so"dic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ep`i*so"dic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>\'82pisodique</ets>. See <er>Episode</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to an episode; adventitious.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ep`i*so"dic*al*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<blockquote>Such a figure as Jacob Brattle, purely <b>episodical</b> though it be, is an excellent English portrait. <i>H. James.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Epispadias</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>Ep`i*spa"di*as</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ upon + <?/ to draw, rend.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A deformity in which the urethra opens upon the top of the penis, instead of at its extremity.</def>

<h1>Epispastic</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>Ep"i*spas"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to draw to, attract; <?/ to + <?/ to draw: cf. F. <ets>\'82pispastique</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Attracting the humors to the skin; exciting action in the skin; blistering.</def>

<h1>Epispastic</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>Ep"i*spas"tic</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>An external application to the skin, which produces a puriform or serous discharge by exciting inflammation; a vesicatory.</def>

<h1>Episperm</h1> <Xpage=501>