Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Epagogic

Ep′a‐gog″ic (?), a. Inductive. Latham.

2567

Epalate

E‐pal″ate (?), a. [Pref. e- + palpus.] (Zoöl.) Without palpi.

2568

Epanadiplosis

‖Ep‐an′a‐di‐plo″sis (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. �; επἴ + � to make double.] (Rhet.) A figure by which the same word is used both at the beginning and at the end of a sentence; as, “Rej...

2569

Epanalepsis

‖Ep‐an′a‐lep″sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. �; επἴ + � to take up.] (Rhet.) A figure by which the same word or clause is repeated after intervening matter. Gibbs.

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Epanaphora

‖Ep′a‐naph″o‐ra (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. � a recurrence; επἴ + � to bring or carry back.] (Rhet.) Same as Anaphora. Gibbs.

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Epanastrophe

‖Ep′a‐nas″tro‐phe (?), n. [NL., from Gr. � a return, epanastrophe; επἴ + � to return.] (Rhet.) Same as Anadiplosis. Gibbs.

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Epanodos

‖E‐pan″o‐dos (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. � a rising, return; επἴ + � a way up, rising; � up + � way.] (Rhet.) A figure of speech in which the parts of a sentence or clause are repeated...

2573

Epanody

E‐pan″o‐dy (?), n. [See Epanodos.] (Bot.) The abnormal change of an irregular flower to a regular form; — considered by evolutionists to be a reversion to an ancestral condition.

2574

Epanorthosis

‖Ep′an‐or‐tho″sis (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. �; επἴ + � to set right again; � again + � to set straight.] A figure by which a speaker recalls a word or words, in order to substitute s...

2575

Epanthous

Ep‐an″thous (?), a. [Pref. ep- + Gr. ἄνθοσ flower.] (Bot.) Growing upon flowers; — said of certain species of fungi.

2576

Eparch

Ep″arch (?), n. [Gr. �; επἴ over + � chief, � supreme power, dominion.] In ancient Greece, the governor or perfect of a province; in modern Greece, the ruler of an eparchy.

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Eparchy

Ep″arch‐y (?), n. 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 ...

2578

Eparterial

Ep′ar‐te″ri‐al (?), a. [Pref. ep- + arterial.] (Anat.) Situated upon or above an artery; — applied esp. to the branches of the bronchi given off above the point where the pulmon...

2579

Epaule

E‐paule″ (?), n. [F. épaule shoulder, shoulder of a bastion. See Epaulet, and cf. Spall the shoulder.] (Fort.) The shoulder of a bastion, or the place where its face and flank m...

2580

Epaulement

E‐paule″ment (?), n. [F. épaulement.] (Fort.) A side work, made of gabions, fascines, or bags, filled with earth, or of earth heaped up, to afford cover from the flanking fire o...

2581

Epaulet

{ Ep″au‐let′, Ep″au‐lette′} (?), n. [F. épaulette, dim. of épaule shoulder, fr. L. spatula a broad piece (LL., shoulder), dim. of spatha abroad, flat instrument, fr. Gr. �, also...

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Epauleted

{ Ep″au‐let′ed, Ep″au‐let′ted, } a. Wearing epaulets; decorated with epaulets.

2583

Epaxial

Ep‐ax″i‐al (?), a. [Pref. ep- + axial.] (Anat.) Above, or on the dorsal side of, the axis of the skeleton; episkeletal.

2584

Epeira

‖E‐pei″ra (?), n.(Zoöl.) A genus of spiders, including the common garden spider (E. diadema). They spin geometrical webs. See Garden spider.

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Epen

Ep″en (?), n.(Anat.) See Epencephalon.

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Epencephalic

Ep′en‐ce‐phal″ic (?), a.(Anat.) (a) Pertaining to the epencephalon. (b) Situated on or over the brain.

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Epencephalon

‖Ep′en‐ceph″a‐lon (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. επἴ upon, near + � brain.] (Anat.) The segment of the brain next behind the midbrain, including the cerebellum and pons; the hindbrain. S...

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Ependyma

‖Ep‐en″dy‐ma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. � an upper garment; επἴ upon + � a garment; � in + � to put on.] (Anat.) The epithelial lining of the ventricles of the brain and the canal of...

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Ependymis

‖Ep‐en″dy‐mis (?), n. See Ependyma.

2590

Epenetic

Ep′e‐net″ic (?), a. [Gr. �, from � to praise; επἴ + � to praise.] Bestowing praise; eulogistic; laudatory. E. Phillips.

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Epenthesis

‖E‐pen″the‐sis (?), n.; pl.Epentheses (#). [L., fr. Gr. �; επἴ + � to put or set in.] (Gram.) The insertion of a letter or a sound in the body of a word; as, the b in “nimble” f...

2592

Epenthetic

Ep′en‐thet″ic (?), a. [Gr. �: cf. F. épenthétique.] (Gram.) Inserted in the body of a word; as, an epenthetic letter or sound.