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epexegesis
[ep-ek-si-jee-sis]
noun
plural
epexegesesthe 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
Other 51Թ Forms
- ˌˈپ adverb
- epexegetic adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of epexegesis1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of epexegesis1
Example Sentences
Epexegesis, ep-eks-e-jē′sis, n. the addition of words to make the sentence more clear.—adjs.
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.
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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