Webster's Dictionary 1913

2809

Epispore

Ep″i‐spore (?), n. [Pref. epi- + spore.] (Bot.) The thickish outer coat of certain spores.

2810

Epistaxis

‖Ep′i‐stax″is (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. επἴ upon + � to drop.] (Med.) Bleeding at the nose.

2811

Epistemology

E‐pis′te‐mol″o‐gy (?), n. [Gr. � knowledge + -logy.] The theory or science of the method or grounds of knowledge.

2812

Episternal

Ep′i‐ster″nal (?), a.(Anat. & Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the episternum.

2813

Episternum

‖Ep′i‐ster″num (?), n.; pl.Episterna (#). [NL. See Epi-, and Sternum.] 1. (Anat.) (a) A median bone connected with the sternum, in many vertebrates; the interclavicle. (b) Same ...

2814

Epistilbite

Ep′i‐stil″bite (?), n. [Pref. epi- + stilbite.] (Min.) A crystallized, transparent mineral of the Zeolite family. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime.

2815

Epistle

E‐pis″tle (?), n. [OE. epistle, epistel, AS. epistol, pistol, L. epistola, fr. Gr. � anything sent by a messenger, message, letter, fr. � to send to, tell by letter or message; ...

2816

Epistle (2)

E‐pis″tle, v. t. To write; to communicate in a letter or by writing. Milton.

2817

Epistler

E‐pis″tler (?), n. 1. A writer of epistles, or of an epistle of the New Testament. M. Arnold.2. (Eccl.) The ecclesiastic who reads the epistle at the communion service.

2818

Epistolar

E‐pis″to‐lar (?), a. Epistolary. Dr. H. More.

2819

Epistolary

E‐pis″to‐la‐ry (?), a. [L. epistolaris, fr. epistola: cf. F. épistolaire.] 1. Pertaining to epistles or letters; suitable to letters and correspondence; as, an epistolary style....

2820

Epistolean

Ep′is‐to″le‐an (ĕp′ĭs‐tō″lĕ‐an), n. One who writes epistles; a correspondent. Mary Cowden Clarke.

2821

Epistoler

E‐pis″to‐ler (ē̍‐pĭs″tō̍‐lẽr), n.(Eccl.) One of the clergy who reads the epistle at the communion service; an epistler.

2822

Epistolet

E‐pis″to‐let (–lĕt), n. A little epistle. Lamb.

2823

Epistolic

{ Ep′is‐tol″ic (?), Ep′is‐tol″ic‐al (?), } a. [L. epistolicus, Gr. �.] Pertaining to letters or epistles; in the form or style of letters; epistolary.

2824

Epistolize

E‐pis″to‐lize (?), v. i. To write epistles.

2825

Epistolizer

E‐pis″to‐li′zer (?), n. A writer of epistles.

2826

Epistolographic

E‐pis′to‐lo‐graph″ic (?), a. [Gr. �: cf. F. épistolographique.] Pertaining to the writing of letters; used in writing letters; epistolary.Epistolographic characterormode of writ...

2827

Epistolography

E‐pis′to‐log″ra‐phy (?), n. [Gr. � epistle + -graphy: cf. F. épistolographie.] The art or practice of writing epistles.

2828

Epistoma

{ ‖E‐pis″to‐ma (?), Ep″i‐stome (?), } n. [NL. epistoma, fr. Gr. επἴ upon + �, �, mouth.] (Zoöl.) (a) The region between the antennæ and the mouth, in Crustacea. (b) A liplike or...

2829

Epistrophe

‖E‐pis″tro‐phe (?), n. [L., from Gr. � a turning toward, return, fr. � to turn toward; επἴ upon, to + � to turn.] (Rhet.) A figure in which successive clauses end with the same ...

2830

Epistyle

Ep″i‐style (?), n. [L. epistylium, Gr. �; επἴ upon + � column: cf. F. épistyle.] (Anc. Arch.) A massive piece of stone or wood laid immediately on the abacus of the capital of a...

2831

Episyllogism

Ep′i‐syl″lo‐gism (?), n. [Pref. epi- + syllogism.] (Logic) A syllogism which assumes as one of its premises a proposition which was the conclusion of a preceding syllogism, call...

2832

Epitaph

Ep″i‐taph (?), n. [F. épitaphe, L. epitaphium a funeral oration, fr. Gr. �, orig. an adj., over or at a tomb; επἴ upon + � tomb. Cf. Cenotaph.] 1. An inscription on, or at, a to...

2833

Epitaph (2)

Ep″i‐taph, v. t. To commemorate by an epitaph.Let me be epitaphed the inventor of English hexameters. G. Harvey.

2834

Epitaph (3)

Ep″i‐taph, v. i. To write or speak after the manner of an epitaph.The common in their speeches epitaph upon him... “He lived as a wolf and died as a dog.” Bp. Hall.

2835

Epitapher

Ep″i‐taph′er (?), n. A writer of epitaphs. Nash.