Epagoge
(Ep`a*go"ge) n. [L., from Gr. 'epagwgh` a bringing in, fr. 'epa`gein. See Epact.] (Logic)
The adducing of particular examples so as to lead to a universal conclusion; the argument by induction.
Epagogic
(Ep`a*gog"ic) a. Inductive. Latham.
Epalate
(E*pal"ate) a. [Pref. e- + palpus.] (Zoöl.) Without palpi.
Epanadiplosis
(||Ep*an`a*di*plo"sis) n. [L., fr. Gr. 'epi` + 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, "Rejoice in the Lord always: and
again I say, Rejoice." Phil. iv. 4.
Epanalepsis
(||Ep*an`a*lep"sis) n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'epi` + to take up.] (Rhet.) A figure by which the same
word or clause is repeated after intervening matter. Gibbs.
Epanaphora
(||Ep`a*naph"o*ra) n. [L., fr. Gr. a recurrence; 'epi` + to bring or carry back.] (Rhet.) Same
as Anaphora. Gibbs.
Epanastrophe
(||Ep`a*nas"tro*phe) n. [NL., from Gr. a return, epanastrophe; 'epi` + to return.] (Rhet.)
Same as Anadiplosis. Gibbs.
Epanodos
(||E*pan"o*dos) n. [L., fr. Gr. a rising, return; 'epi` + a way up, rising; up + way.] (Rhet.)
A figure of speech in which the parts of a sentence or clause are repeated in inverse order, as in the
following: —
O more exceeding love, or law more just?
Just law, indeed, but more exceeding love!
Milton. 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.
Epanorthosis
(||Ep`an*or*tho"sis) n. [L., fr. Gr. 'epi` + to set right again; again + to set straight.] A
figure by which a speaker recalls a word or words, in order to substitute something else stronger or
more significant; as, Most brave! Brave, did I say? most heroic act!
Epanthous
(Ep*an"thous) a. [Pref. ep- + Gr. 'a`nqos flower.] (Bot.) Growing upon flowers; — said of
certain species of fungi.
Eparch
(Ep"arch) n. [Gr. 'epi` over + chief, supreme power, dominion.] In ancient Greece, the governor
or perfect of a province; in modern Greece, the ruler of an eparchy.
Eparchy
(Ep"arch*y) n. [Gr. the post or office of an .] 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 province of the kingdom; in Russia, a diocese or archdiocese.
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 pulmonary artery crosses the
bronchus.
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 meet and form the angle, called
the angle of the shoulder.
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 of an enemy.
