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epexegesis
[ ep-ek-si-jee-sis ]
noun
, Rhetoric.
, plural ep·ex·e·ge·ses [ep-ek-si-, jee, -seez].
- the addition of a word or words to explain a preceding word or sentence.
- the word or words so added.
epexegesis
/ ɛˌpɛksɪˈdʒɛtɪk; ɛˌpɛksɪˈdʒiːsɪs /
noun
- the addition of a phrase, clause, or sentence to a text to provide further explanation
- the phrase, clause, or sentence added for this purpose
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Derived Forms
- epˌexeˈgetically, adverb
- epexegetic, adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of epexegesis1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of epexegesis1
C17: from Greek; see epi- , exegesis
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Example Sentences
Epexegesis, ep-eks-e-jē′sis, n. the addition of words to make the sentence more clear.—adjs.
From Project Gutenberg
No one has put together, or, to adopt a more expressive phrase, heaped together such enormous paragraphs; no one has linked clause on clause, parenthesis on parenthesis, epexegesis on exegesis, in such a bewildering concatenation of inextricable entanglement.
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The terms epexegesis and epexegetical are used by expositors in a special sense to denote something explanatory of the immediate context.
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