Epact
E´pact (e"pakt), n. [F. epacte, fr. Gr. ’epakto•s brought on or in, added, fr. ’epa•gein to bring on or in; ’epi• on, in + ’a•gein to bring or lead. See Epi-, and Act.] (Chron.) The moon’s age at the beginning of the calendar year, or the number of days by which the last new moon has preceded the beginning of the year. Annual epact, the excess of the solar year over the lunar year, — being eleven days. — Menstrual epact, or Monthly epact, the excess of a calendar month over a lunar.

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.

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.

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. epaule 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.

Epeira
E•pei´ra, n. [NL.] (Zoöl.) A genus of spiders, including the common garden spider ( E. diadema). They spin geometrical webs. See Garden spider.

Epencephalon
Ep•en•ceph´a•lon, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ’epi• upon, near + brain.] (Anat.) The segment of the brain next behind the midbrain, including the cerebellum and pons; the hindbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to epen.

Ependyma
Ep•en´dy•ma, n. [NL., fr. Gr. an upper garment; ’epi• upon + a garment; in + to put on.] (Anat.) The epithelial lining of the ventricles of the brain and the canal of the spinal cord; endyma; ependymis.

Ependymis
Ep•en´dy•mis, n. [NL.] See Ependyma.

Epenthesis
E•pen´the•sis, n. ; pl. Epentheses (#). [L., fr. Gr. ; ’epi• + 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" from AS. nemol.

Epenthetic
Ep•en•thet´ic, a. [Gr. : cf. F. epenthetique.] (Gram.) Inserted in the body of a word; as an epenthetic letter or sound.

epergne
e•pergne´, n. [F. epargne a sparing or saving; a treasury. "Our epergne is a little treasury of sweetmeats, fruits, and flowers." Brewer. ] A centerpiece for table decoration, usually consisting of several dishes or receptacles of different sizes grouped together in an ornamental design.

eperlan
e•per•lan´, n. [F. eperlan, fr. G. spierling. See Sparling.] (Zoöl.) The European smelt ( Osmerus eperlanus).

Ephemera
E•phem´e•ra, n. [NL., fr. Gr. a day fly, fr. daily, lasting but a day; over + day.]
1. (Med.) A fever of one day’s continuance only.
2. (Zoöl.) A genus of insects including the day flies, or ephemeral flies. See Ephemeral fly, under Ephemeral.

Ephemeran
E•phem´er•an, n. (Zoöl.) One of the ephemeral flies.

Ephemeric
E•phem´e•ric, a. Ephemeral.

Ephemeris
E•phem´e•ris, n. ; pl. Ephemerides (#). [L., a diary, Gr., also a calendar, fr. . See Ephemera.]
1. A diary; a journal. Johnson.
2. (Anat.) (a) A publication giving the computed places of the heavenly bodies for each day of the year, with other numerical data, for the use of the astronomer and navigator; an astronomical almanac; as the "American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac." (b) Any tabular statement of the assigned places of a heavenly body, as a planet or comet, on several successive days.
3. (Literature) A collective name for reviews, magazines, and all kinds of periodical literature. Brande & C.

Ephemeron
E•phem´e•ron, n. ; pl. Ephemera (#). [NL. See Ephemera.] (Zoöl.) One of the ephemeral flies.

Ephesian
E•phe´sian ( 106), a. [L. Ephesius: cf. F. ephesien.] Of or pertaining to Ephesus, an ancient city of Ionia, in Asia Minor.

Ephesian
E•phe´sian, n.
1. A native of Ephesus.
2. A jolly companion; a roisterer. [Obs.] Shak.

Ephialtes
Eph•i•al´tes, n. [NL., fr. Gr., lit., one who leaps upon.] The nightmare. Brande & C.

Ephippial
E•phip´pi•al, a. Saddle- shaped; occupying an ephippium. Dana.

Ephippium
E•phip´pi•um, n. [L., saddle cloth, fr. Gr. ; ’epi• on + "i•ppos horse.]
1. (Anat.) A depression in the sphenoid bone; the pituitary fossa.
2. (Zoöl.) A saddle-shaped cavity to contain the winter eggs, situated on the back of Cladocera.

Ephod
Eph´od, n. [Heb. ’ephod, fr. ’ aphad to put on.] (Jew. Antiq.) A part of the sacerdotal habit among Jews, being a covering for the back and breast, held together on the shoulders by two clasps or brooches of onyx stones set in gold, and fastened by a girdle of the same stuff as the ephod. The ephod for the priests was of plain linen; that for the high priest was richly embroidered in colors. The breastplate of the high priest was worn upon the ephod in front. Exodus xxviii. 6-12.

Ephor
Eph´or, n. ; pl. Ephors (#), L. Ephori (#). [L. ephorus, Gr., fr. to oversee; + to see: cf. F. ephore.] (Gr. Antiq.) A magistrate; one of a body of five magistrates chosen by the people of ancient Sparta. They exercised control even over the king.

Ephoral
Eph´or•al, a. Pertaining to an ephor.

Ephoralty
Eph´or•al•ty, n. The office of an ephor, or the body of ephors.

Ephraim
E´phra•im, n. [The proper name.] (Zoöl.) A hunter’s name for the grizzly bear.

Ephyra
Eph´y•ra, n. [NL., fr. Gr., an old name of Corinth.] (Zoöl.) A stage in the development of discophorous medusae, when they first begin to swim about after being detached from the strobila. See Strobila.

Epiblast
Ep´i•blast, n. [Pref. epi- + -blast.] (Biol.) The outer layer of the blastoderm; the ectoderm. See Blastoderm, Delamination.

Epiblema
Ep•i•ble´ma, n. [NL., fr. Gr. a cover; over + to throw.] (Bot.) The epidermal cells of rootlets, specially adapted to absorb liquids. Goodale.

Epibolic
Ep•i•bol´ic, a. [Gr. to throw upon, add to; ’epi• upon + to throw.] (Biol.) Growing or covering over; — said of a kind of invagination. See under Invagination.

Epic
Ep´ic, a. [L. epicus, Gr., from a word, speech, tale, song; akin to L. vox voice: cf. F. epique. See Voice.] Narrated in a grand style; pertaining to or designating a kind of narrative poem, usually called an heroic poem, in which real or fictitious events, usually the achievements of some hero, are narrated in an elevated style.
"The epic poem treats of one great, complex action, in a grand style and with fullness of detail." T. Arnold.

Epic
Ep´ic, n. An epic or heroic poem. See Epic, a.

Epical
Ep´ic•al, a. Epic. — Ep´ic•al•ly, adv.
"Poems which have an epical character." Brande & C.
"His [Wordsworth’s] longer poems (miscalled epical)." Lowell.

Epicardiac
Ep•i•car´di•ac, a. (Anat.) Of or relating to the epicardium.

Epicardium
Ep•i•car´di•um, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ’epi• upon + kardi•a heart.] (Anat.) That part of the pericardium which forms the outer surface of the heart; the cardiac pericardium.

Epicaridan
Ep•i•car´i•dan, n. [Pref. epi- + Gr.,, a shrimp.] (Zoöl.) An isopod crustacean, parasitic on shrimps.

Epicarp
Ep´i•carp, [Pref. epi- + Gr. fruit.] (Bot.) The external or outermost layer of a fructified or ripened ovary. See Illust. under Endocarp.

Epicedial
Ep•i•ce´di•al, a. Elegiac; funereal.

Epicedian
Ep•i•ce´di•an, a. Epicedial. — n. An epicede.

Epicedium
Ep•i•ce´di•um, n. [L.] An epicede.

Epicene
Ep´i•cene, a. & n. [L. epicoenus, Gr. ; fr. ’epi• + common; cf. F. epicène.]
1. Common to both sexes; — a term applied, in grammar, to such nouns as have but one form of gender, either the masculine or feminine, to indicate animals of both sexes; as boy^s, bos, for the ox and cow; sometimes applied to eunuchs and hermaphrodites.
2. Fig.: Sexless; neither one thing nor the other.
"The literary prigs epicene." Prof. Wilson.
"He represented an epicene species, neither churchman nor layman." J. A. Symonds.

Epicentral
Ep•i•cen´tral, a. [Pref. epi- + centrum.] (Anat.) Arising from the centrum of a vertebra. Owen.

Epicerastic
Ep•i•ce•ras´tic, a. [Gr. tempering the humors; ’epi• + to mix: cf. F. epicerastique.] (Med.) Lenient; assuaging. [Obs.]

Epichirema
Ep•i•chi•re´ma, n. ; pl. Epichiremata (#). [L., fr. Gr., from to attempt to prove.] (Rhet. & Logic) A syllogism in which the proof of the major or minor premise, or both, is introduced with the premises themselves, and the conclusion is derived in the ordinary manner. [Written also epicheirema.]

Epichordal
Ep•i•chor´dal, a. [Pref. epi- + chordal.] (Anat.) Upon or above the notochord; — applied esp. to a vertebral column which develops upon the dorsal side of the notochord, as distinguished from a perichordal column, which develops around it.

Epichorial
Ep•i•cho´ri•al, a. [Gr. ; over + country.] In or of the country. [R.]
"Epichorial superstitions from every district of Europe." De Quincey.

Epicleidium
Ep•i•clei´di•um, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ’epi• upon + a little key.] (Anat.) A projection, formed by a separate ossification, at the scapular end of the clavicle of many birds.

Epiclinal
Ep•i•cli´nal, a. [Pref. epi- + Gr. a couch.] (Bot.) Situated on the receptacle or disk of a flower.

Epicœne
Ep"i•cœne, a. Epicene. [R.] Hadley.

Epicolic
Ep•i•col´ic, a. [Pref. epi- + Gr. colon.] (Anat.) Situated upon or over the colon; — applied to the region of the abdomen adjacent to the colon.

Epicondylar
Ep•i•con´dy•lar, n. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or resembling, an epicondyle.

Epicondyle
Ep•i•con´dyle, n. [Pref. epi- + condyle.] (Anat.) A projection on the inner side of the distal end of the humerus; the internal condyle.

Epicoracoid
Ep•i•cor´a•coid, n. [Pref. epi- + coracoid.] (Anat.) A ventral cartilaginous or bony element of the coracoid in the shoulder girdle of some vertebrates.

Epicranial
Ep•i•cra´ni•al, a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the epicranium; as epicranial muscles.

Epicranium
Ep•i•cra´ni•um, n. [NL. See Epi-, and Cranium.]
1. (Anat.) The upper and superficial part of the head, including the scalp, muscles, etc.
2. (Zoöl.) The dorsal wall of the head of insects.

Epicure
Ep´i•cure, n. [L. Epicurus, Gr., a famous Greek philosopher, who has been regarded, but erroneously, as teaching a doctrine of refined voluptuousness.]
1. A follower of Epicurus; an Epicurean. [Obs.] Bacon.
2. One devoted to dainty or luxurious sensual enjoyments, esp. to the luxuries of the table.
Syn. — Voluptuary; sensualist.

Epicurean
Ep•i•cu•re´an ( 277), a. [L. Epicureus, Gr. : cf. epicurien.]
1. Pertaining to Epicurus, or following his philosophy. "The sect Epicurean." Milton.
2. Given to luxury; adapted to luxurious tastes; luxurious; pertaining to good eating.
"Courses of the most refined and epicurean dishes." Prescott. Epicurean philosophy. See Atomic philosophy, under Atomic.

Epicurean
Ep•i•cu•re´an, n.
1. A follower or Epicurus.
2. One given to epicurean indulgence.

Epicureanism
Ep•i•cu•re´an•ism, n. Attachment to the doctrines of Epicurus; the principles or belief of Epicurus.

Epicurely
Ep´i•cure•ly, adv. Luxuriously. Nash.

Epicureous
Ep•i•cu•re´ous, a. Epicurean. [Obs.]

Epicurism
Ep´i•cu•rism, n. [Cf. F. epicurisme.]
1. The doctrines of Epicurus.
2. Epicurean habits of living; luxury.

Epicurize
Ep´i•cu•rize, v. i.
1. To profess or tend towards the doctrines of Epicurus. Cudworth.
2. To feed or indulge like an epicure. Fuller.

Epicycle
Ep´i•cy•cle, n. [L. epicyclus, Gr. ; ’epi• upon + circle. See Cycle.]
1. (Ptolemaic Astron.) A circle, whose center moves round in the circumference of a greater circle; or a small circle, whose center, being fixed in the deferent of a planet, is carried along with the deferent, and yet, by its own peculiar motion, carries the body of the planet fastened to it round its proper center.
"The schoolmen were like astronomers which did feign eccentrics, and epicycles, and such engines of orbs." Bacon.
2. (Mech.) A circle which rolls on the circumference of another circle, either externally or internally.

Epicycloid
Ep•i•cy´cloid, n. [ Epicycle + -oid: cf. F. epicycloïde.] (Geom.) A curve traced by a point in the circumference of a circle which rolls on the convex side of a fixed circle. Any point rigidly connected with the rolling circle, but not in its circumference, traces a curve called an epitrochoid. The curve traced by a point in the circumference of the rolling circle when it rolls on the concave side of a fixed circle is called a hypocycloid; the curve traced by a point rigidly connected with the rolling circle in this case, but not its circumference, is called a hypotrochoid. All the curves mentioned above belong to the class class called roulettes or trochoids. See Trochoid.

Epideictic
Ep•i•deic´tic, a. [Gr., fr. to show forth, display; ’epi• + to show. Cf. Epidictic.] Serving to show forth, explain, or exhibit; - - applied by the Greeks to a kind of oratory, which, by full amplification, seeks to persuade. { Ep•i•dem´ic, Ep•i•dem´ic•al } a. [L. epidemus, Gr.,, among the people, epidemic; in + people: cf. F. epidemique. Cf. Demagogue.]
1. (Med.) Common to, or affecting at the same time, a large number in a community; — applied to a disease which, spreading widely, attacks many persons at the same time; as an epidemic disease; an epidemic catarrh, fever, etc. See Endemic.
2. Spreading widely, or generally prevailing; affecting great numbers, as an epidemic does; as epidemic rage; an epidemic evil.
"It was the epidemical sin of the nation." Bp. Burnet.

Epidemiography
Ep•i•de•mi•og´ra•phy, n. [ Epidemy + -graphy.] (Med.) A treatise upon, or history of, epidemic diseases.

Epidemiological
Ep•i•de•mi•o•log´ic•al, a. Connected with, or pertaining to, epidemiology.

Epidemiologist
Ep•i•de•mi•ol´o•gist, n. A person skilled in epidemiology.

Epidemiology
Ep•i•de•mi•ol´o•gy, n. [ Epidemy + -logy.] (Med.) That branch of science which treats of epidemics.

Epidemy
Ep´i•dem•y, n. [Gr., fr. : cf. F. epidemie. See Epidemic.] (Med.) An epidemic disease. Dunglison.

Epidermatic
Ep•i•der•mat´ic, a. Epidermal. [R.]

Epidermatoid
Ep•i•der´ma•toid, a. [Gr. ’epi• upon + de•rma, -atos, skin + -oid. Cf. Epidermoid.] (Anat.) Epidermoid. Owen.

Epidermic
Ep•i•der´mic, a. [Cf. F. epidermique.] Epidermal; connected with the skin or the bark. Epidermic administration of medicine (Med.), the application of medicine to the skin by friction.

Epidermical
Ep•i•der´mic•al, a. Epidermal. [R.]

Epidermidal
Ep•i•der´mi•dal, a. Epidermal. [R.]

Epidermis
Ep•i•der´mis, n. [L., fr. Gr. ; over + skin, fr. to skin. See Tear, v. t.]
1. (Anat.) The outer, nonsensitive layer of the skin; cuticle; scarfskin. See Dermis.
2. (Bot.) The outermost layer of the cells, which covers both surfaces of leaves, and also the surface of stems, when they are first formed. As stems grow old this layer is lost, and never replaced.

Epidermose
Ep•i•der´mose, n. [See Epidermis.] (Physiol. Chem.) Keratin. { Ep•i•dic´tic, Ep•i•dic´tic•al } a. [L. epidictius. See Epideictic.] Serving to explain; demonstrative.

Epididymitis
Ep•i•did•y•mi´tis, n. [NL. See Epididymis, and -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the epididymis, one of the common results of gonorrhea.

Epidotic
Ep•i•dot´ic,, a. Related to, resembling, or containing epidote; as an epidotic granite.

Epigaea
Ep•i•gae´a, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ’epi• upon + earth.] (Bot.) An American genus of plants, containing but a single species ( E. repens), the trailing arbutus.

Epigaeous
Ep•i•gae´ous, a. [Gr. . See Epigaea, and cf. Epigee.] (Bot.) Growing on, or close to, the ground.

Epigastric
Ep•i•gas´tric, a. [Gr. over the belly; ’epi• upon + belly: cf. F. epigastrique.]
1. (Anat.) Pertaining to the epigastrium, or to the epigastric region.
2. (Zoöl.) Over the stomach; — applied to two of the areas of the carapace of crabs. Epigastric region. (Anat.) (a) The whole upper part of the abdomen. (b) An arbitrary division of the abdomen above the umbilical and between the two hypochondriac regions.

Epigastrium
Ep•i•gas´tri•um, n. [NL., from Gr. .] (Anat.) The upper part of the abdomen.

Epigeal
Ep•i•ge´al, a. (Bot.) Epigaeous. [R.]

Epigee
Ep´i•gee, n. [NL. epigeum, fr. Gr. upon the earth. See Epigaea.] See Perigee. [Obs.]

Epigenesis
Ep•i•gen´e•sis, n. [Pref. epi- + genesis.] (Biol.) The theory of generation which holds that the germ is created entirely new, not merely expanded, by the procreative power of the parents. It is opposed to the theory of evolution, also to syngenesis.

Epigenesist
Ep•i•gen´e•sist, n. (Biol.) One who believes in, or advocates the theory of, epigenesis.

Epigenetic
Ep•i•ge•net´ic, a. Of or pertaining to the epigenesis; produced according to the theory of epigenesis.

Epigeous
Ep•i•ge´ous, a. Same as Epigaeous.

Epiglottidean
Ep•i•glot•tid´e•an, a. (Anat.) Same as Epiglottic.

Epigram
Ep´i•gram, n. [L. epigramma, fr. Gr. inscription, epigram, fr. to write upon, ’epi• upon + to write: cf. F. epigramme. See Graphic.]
1. A short poem treating concisely and pointedly of a single thought or event. The modern epigram is so contrived as to surprise the reader with a witticism or ingenious turn of thought, and is often satirical in character.
"Dost thou think I care for a satire or an epigram?" Shak. Epigrams were originally inscription on tombs, statues, temples, triumphal arches, etc.
2. An effusion of wit; a bright thought tersely and sharply expressed, whether in verse or prose.
3. The style of the epigram.
"Antithesis, i. e., bilateral stroke, is the soul of epigram in its later and technical signification." B. Cracroft. { Ep•i•gram•mat´ic, Ep•i•gram•mat´ic•al, }[L. epigrammaticus: cf. F. epigrammatique.]
1. Writing epigrams; dealing in epigrams; as an epigrammatical poet.
2. Suitable to epigrams; belonging to epigrams; like an epigram; pointed; piquant; as epigrammatic style, wit, or sallies of fancy.

Epigrammatist
Ep•i•gram´ma•tist, n. [L. epigrammatista: cf. F. epigrammatiste.] One who composes epigrams, or makes use of them.
"The brisk epigrammatist showing off his own cleverness." Holmes.

Epigrammatize
Ep•i•gram´ma•tize, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Epigrammatized p. pr. & vb. n. Epigrammatizing ] To represent by epigrams; to express by epigrams.

Epigrammist
Ep´i•gram•mist, n. An epigrammatist. Jer. Taylor.

Epigraph
Ep´i•graph, n. [Gr., fr. : cf. F. epigraphe. See Epigram.]
1. Any inscription set upon a building; especially, one which has to do with the building itself, its founding or dedication.
2. (Literature) A citation from some author, or a sentence framed for the purpose, placed at the beginning of a work or of its separate divisions; a motto. { Ep•i•graph´ic, Ep•i•graph´ic•al } a. Of or pertaining to epigraphs or to epigraphy; as an epigraphic style; epigraphical works or studies.

Epigraphist
E•pig´ra•phist, n. A student of, or one versed in, epigraphy.

Epigraphy
E•pig´ra•phy, n. The science of inscriptions; the art of engraving inscriptions or of deciphering them.

Epigynous
E•pig´y•nous, a. [Pref. epi- + Gr. woman, female: cf. F. epigyne.] (Bot.) Adnate to the surface of the ovary, so as to be apparently inserted upon the top of it; — said of stamens, petals, sepals, and also of the disk.

Epihyal
Ep•i•hy´al, n. [Pref. epi- + the Greek letter .] (Anat.) A segment next above the ceratohyal in the hyoidean arch.

Epilepsy
Ep´i•lep•sy, n. [L. epilepsia, Gr. a seizure, the "falling sickness," fr. to take besides, seize, attack; ’epi• upon, besides + to take: cf. F. epilepsie. Cf. Catalepsy.] (Med.) The "falling sickness," so called because the patient falls suddenly to the ground; a disease characterized by paroxysms (or fits) occurring at interval and attended by sudden loss of consciousness, and convulsive motions of the muscles. Dunglison.

Epileptical
Ep•i•lep´tic•al, a. Epileptic.

Epileptiform
Ep•i•lep´ti•form, a. Resembling epilepsy.

Epileptogenous
Ep•i•lep•tog´e•nous, a. [Gr. ’epi•lhptos epileptic + -genous.] (Med.) Producing epilepsy or epileptoid convulsions; — applied to areas of the body or of the nervous system, stimulation of which produces convulsions.

Epileptoid
Ep•i•lep´toid, a. [Gr. ’epi•lhptos + -oid.] (Med.) Resembling epilepsy; as epileptoid convulsions.

Epilogation
Ep•i•lo•ga´tion, n. [LL. epilogatio.] A summing up in a brief account. [Obs.] Udall. { Ep•i•log´ic, Ep•i•log´ic•al } a. [Gr. ’epilogiko•s.] Of or pertaining to an epilogue.

Epilogism
E•pil´o•gism, n. [Gr., fr. to reckon over, to deliver an epilogue; ’epi• upon + to count, reckon. See Epilogue.] Enumeration; computation. [R.] J. Gregory.

Epimera
E•pim´e•ra, n. pl. See Epimeron.

Epimere
Ep´i•mere, n. [ Epi- + - mere.] (Biol.) One of the segments of the transverse axis, or the so called homonymous parts; as for example, one of the several segments of the extremities in vertebrates, or one of the similar segments in plants, such as the segments of a segmented leaf. Syd. Soc. Lex.

Epimeron
E•pim´e•ron, n. ; pl. Epimera (#). [NL., fr. Gr. ’epi• upon + a part.] (Zoöl.) (a) In crustaceans: The part of the side of a somite external to the basal joint of each appendage. See Illust. under Crustacea. (b) In insects: The lateral piece behind the episternum. [Written also epimerum.]

Epineurium
Ep•i•neu´ri•um, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ’epi• upon + a nerve.] (Anat.) The connective tissue framework and sheath of a nerve which bind together the nerve bundles, each of which has its own special sheath, or perineurium.

Epinglette
Ep•in•glette´, n. [F.] (Mil.) An iron needle for piercing the cartridge of a cannon before priming.

Epinicial
Ep•i•ni´cial, a. [See Epinicion.] Relating to victory. "An epinicial song." T. Warton.

Epinikian
Ep•i•nik´i•an, a. Epinicial.

Epiornis
Ep•i•or´nis, n. [NL.: cf. F. epiornis. See AEpyornis.] (Zoöl.) One of the gigantic ostrichlike birds of the genus AEpiornis, only recently extinct. Its remains have been found in Madagascar. [Written also AEpyornis.]

Epipedometry
Ep•i•pe•dom´e•try, n. [Gr. ’epi•pedos on the ground, level (’epi• + pe•don ground) + -metry.] (Geom.) The mensuration of figures standing on the same base. [Obs.]

Epiperipheral
Ep•i•pe•riph´er•al, a. [Pref. epi- + peripheral.] (Physiol.) Connected with, or having its origin upon, the external surface of the body; — especially applied to the feelings which originate at the extremities of nerves distributed on the outer surface, as the sensation produced by touching an object with the finger; — opposed to entoperipheral. H. Spenser.

Epipetalous
Ep•i•pet´al•ous, a. [Pref. epi- + petal.] (Bot.) Borne on the petals or corolla.

Epiphany
E•piph´a•ny, n. [F. epiphanie, L. epiphania, Gr. ’epifa•nia (sc. ), for ’epifa•neia appearance, fr. ’epifai•nein to show forth; ’epi• + fai•nein to show. See Fancy.]
1. An appearance, or a becoming manifest.
"Whom but just before they beheld transfigured and in a glorious epiphany upon the mount." Jer. Taylor.
"An epic poet, if ever such a difficult birth should make its epiphany in Paris." De Quincey.
2. (Eccl.) A church festival celebrated on the 6th of January, the twelfth day after Christmas in commemoration of the visit of the Magi of the East to Bethlehem, to see and worship the child Jesus; or, as others maintain, to commemorate the appearance of the star to the Magi, symbolizing the manifestation of Christ to the Gentles; Twelfthtide.

Epipharynx
Ep•i•phar´ynx, n. [ Epi- + pharynx.] (Zoöl.) A structure which overlaps the mouth of certain insects.

Epiphonema
Ep•i•pho•ne´ma, n. [L., fr. Gr. ’epifw•nhma, fr. ’epifwnei^n to mention; ’epi• + fwnei^n to speak.] (Rhet.) An exclamatory sentence, or striking reflection, which sums up or concludes a discourse.

Epiphoneme
E•piph´o•neme, n. Epiphonema. [R.]

Epiphora
E•piph´o•ra, n. [L., fr. Gr. ’epifora•, fr. ’epife•rein to bring to or upon; ’epi• + fe•rein to bring.]
1. (Med.) The watery eye; a disease in which the tears accumulate in the eye, and trickle over the cheek.
2. (Rhet.) The emphatic repetition of a word or phrase, at the end of several sentences or stanzas.

Epiphragm
Ep´i•phragm, n. [Gr. a covering, lid, fr. to block up.] (Zoöl.) A membranaceous or calcareous septum with which some mollusks close the aperture of the shell during the time of hibernation, or aestivation.

Epiphyllospermous
Ep•i•phyl•lo•sper´mous, a. [Gr. ’epi• + fy•llon leaf + spe•rma seed.] (Bot.) Bearing fruit on the back of the leaves, as ferns. Harris (1710).

Epiphyllous
E•piph´yl•lous, a. [Gr. ’epi• + fy•llon leaf.] (Bot.) Growing upon, or inserted into, the leaf.

Epiphyllum
Ep•i•phyl´lum, n. [NL.] (Bot.) A genus of cactaceous plants having flattened, jointed stems, and petals united in a tube. The flowers are very showy, and several species are in cultivation. { Ep•i•phys´e•al, Ep•i•phys´i•al } (Anat.) Pertaining to, or having the nature of, an epiphysis.

Epiphysis
E•piph´y•sis, n. ; pl. Epiphyses (#). [NL., fr. Gr. ’epi•fysis, fr. ’epify•ein to grow upon; ’epi• upon + fy•ein to grow.] (Anat.) (a) The end, or other superficial part, of a bone, which ossifies separately from the central portion, or diaphysis. (b) The cerebral epiphysis, or pineal gland. See Pineal gland, under Pineal.

Epiphyte
Ep´i•phyte, n. [Gr. ’epi• upon + fyto•n plant, to grow: cf. F. epiphyte.]
1. (Bot.) An air plant which grows on other plants, but does not derive its nourishment from them. See Air plant.
2. (Med.) A vegetable parasite growing on the surface of the body. { Ep•i•phyt´ic, Ep•i•phyt´ic•al } a. (Bot.) Pertaining to, or having the nature of, an epiphyte. — Ep•i•phyt´ic•al•ly, adv.

Epipleural
Ep•i•pleu´ral, a. [Pref. epi- + pleural.] (Anat.) Arising from the pleurapophysis of a vertebra. Owen.

Epiplexis
Ep•i•plex´is, n. [L., reproof, fr. Gr., fr. to strike at, reprove; ’epi• + to strike.] (Rhet.) A figure by which a person seeks to convince and move by an elegant kind of upbraiding.

Epiploce
E•pip´lo•ce, n. [L., connection, from Gr. a plaiting together, fr. to plait or braid in; ’epi• upon + to twist, plait.] (Rhet.) A figure by which one striking circumstance is added, in due gradation, to another; climax; e. g., "He not only spared his enemies, but continued them in employment; not only continued, but advanced them." Johnson.

Epiploic
Ep•i•plo´ic, a. Relating to the epiploön.

Epiploön
E•pip"lo•ön, n. ; pl. Epiploa (#). [NL., fr. Gr. .] (Anat.) See Omentum.

Epipodiale
Ep•i•po•di•a´le, n. ; pl. Epipodialia (#). [NL., fr. Gr. ’epi• upon +, dim. of,, foot.] (Anat.) One of the bones of either the forearm or shank, the epipodialia being the radius, ulna, tibia, and fibula.

Epipodite
E•pip´o•dite, n. [See Epipodium.] (Zoöl.) The outer branch of the legs in certain Crustacea. See Maxilliped.

Epipolic
Ep•i•pol´ic, a. (Opt.) Producing, or relating to, epipolism or fluorescence. [R.]

Epipolism
E•pip´o•lism, n. [Gr. a surface; ’epi• + pe•lein to be.] (Opt.) See Fluorescence. [R.] Sir J. Herschel.

Epipteric
Ep•ip•ter´ic, a. [Pref. epi- + Gr. wing. So called because above the wing of the sphenoid.] (Anat.) Pertaining to a small Wormian bone sometimes present in the human skull between the parietal and the great wing of the sphenoid. — n. The epipteric bone.

Epipterygoid
Ep•ip•ter´y•goid, a. [Pref. epi- + pterygoid.] (Anat.) Situated upon or above the pterygoid bone. — n. An epipterygoid bone or cartilage; the columella in the skulls of many lizards.

Epipubic
Ep•i•pu´bic, a. Relating to the epipubis.

Epipubis
Ep•i•pu´bis, n. ; pl. Epipubes (#). [NL., epi- + pubis.] (Anat.) A cartilage or bone in front of the pubis in some amphibians and other animals.

Episcopacy
E•pis´co•pa•cy, n. [See Episcopate.] Government of the church by bishops; church government by three distinct orders of ministers — bishops, priests, and deacons — of whom the bishops have an authority superior and of a different kind.

Episcopalianism
E•pis•co•pa´li•an•ism, n. The doctrine and usages of Episcopalians; episcopacy.

Episcopally
E•pis´co•pal•ly, adv. By episcopal authority; in an episcopal manner.

Episcopant
E•pis´co•pant, n. A bishop. [Obs.] Milton.

Episcoparian
E•pis•co•pa´ri•an, a. Episcopal. [R.] Wood.

Episcopate
E•pis´co•pate, n. [L. episcopatus, fr. episcopus: cf. F. episcopat. See Bishop.]
1. A bishopric; the office and dignity of a bishop.
2. The collective body of bishops.
3. The time of a bishop’s rule.

Episcopate
E•pis´co•pate, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Episcopated p. pr. & vb. n. Episcopating.] To act as a bishop; to fill the office of a prelate. [Obs.]
"Feeding the flock episcopating." Milton.

Episcopize
E•pis´co•pize, v. t. To make a bishop of by consecration. Southey.

Episcopize
E•pis´co•pize, v. i. To perform the duties of a bishop.

Episcopy
E•pis´co•py, n. [Gr., fr. . See Bishop.]
1. Survey; superintendence. [Obs.] Milton.
2. Episcopacy. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

Episkeletal
Ep•i•skel´e•tal, a. [Pref. epi- + skeleletal.] (Anat.) Above or outside of the endoskeleton; epaxial.

Episodal
Ep•i•so´dal, a. Same as Episodic.

Episodial
Ep•i•so´di•al, a. Pertaining to an episode; by way of episode; episodic. { Ep•i•so´dic, Ep•i•so´dic•al } a. [Cf. F. episodique. See Episode.] Of or pertaining to an episode; adventitious. — Ep•i•so´dic•al•ly, adv.
"Such a figure as Jacob Brattle, purely episodical though it be, is an excellent English portrait." H. James.

Epispastic
Ep´i•spas´tic, a. [Gr., fr. to draw to, attract; to + to draw: cf. F. epispastique.] (Med.) Attracting the humors to the skin; exciting action in the skin; blistering.

Epispastic
Ep´i•spas´tic, n. (Med.) An external application to the skin, which produces a puriform or serous discharge by exciting inflammation; a vesicatory.

Episperm
Ep´i•sperm, n. [Pref. epi- + Gr. seed: cf. F. episperme.] (Bot.) The skin or coat of a seed, especially the outer coat. See Testa.

Epispore
Ep´i•spore, n. [Pref. epi- + spore.] (Bot.) The thickish outer coat of certain spores.

Epistaxis
Ep•i•stax´is, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ’epi• upon + to drop.] (Med.) Bleeding at the nose.

Epistemology
E•pis•te•mol´o•gy, n. [Gr. knowledge + -logy.] The theory or science of the method or grounds of knowledge.

Episternal
Ep•i•ster´nal, a. (Anat. & Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the episternum.

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 as Epiplastron.
2. (Zoöl.) One of the lateral pieces next to the sternum in the thorax of insects.

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; ’epi• upon, to + to dispatch, send; cf. OF. epistle, epistre, F. epître. See Stall.]
1. A writing directed or sent to a person or persons; a written communication; a letter; — applied usually to formal, didactic, or elegant letters.
"A madman’s epistles are no gospels." Shak.
2. (Eccl.) One of the letters in the New Testament which were addressed to their Christian brethren by Apostles. Epistle side, the right side of an altar or church to a person looking from the nave toward the chancel.
"One sees the pulpit on the epistle side." R. Browning.

Epistle
E•pis´tle, v. t. To write; to communicate in a letter or by writing. [Obs.] Milton.

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.

Epistolar
E•pis´to•lar, a. Epistolary. Dr. H. More.

Epistolary
E•pis´to•la•ry, a. [L. epistolaris, fr. epistola: cf. F. epistolaire.]
1. Pertaining to epistles or letters; suitable to letters and correspondence; as an epistolary style.
2. Contained in letters; carried on by letters. "Epistolary correspondence." Addison.

Epistolean
Ep•is•to´le•an (ep•is•to"le• an), n. One who writes epistles; a correspondent. Mary Cowden Clarke.

Epistoler
E•pis´to•ler (e•pis"to•ler), n. (Eccl.) One of the clergy who reads the epistle at the communion service; an epistler.

Epistolet
E•pis´to•let (-let), n. A little epistle. Lamb. { 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.

Epistolize
E•pis´to•lize, v. i. To write epistles.

Epistolizer
E•pis´to•li•zer, n. A writer of epistles.

Epistolographic
E•pis•to•lo•graph´ic, a. [Gr. : cf. F. epistolographique.] Pertaining to the writing of letters; used in writing letters; epistolary. Epistolographic character or mode of writing, the same as Demotic character. See under Demotic.

Epistyle
Ep´i•style, n. [L. epistylium, Gr. ; ’epi• upon + column: cf. F. epistyle.] (Anc. Arch.) A massive piece of stone or wood laid immediately on the abacus of the capital of a column or pillar; — now called architrave.

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, called, in relation to this, the prosyllogism.

Epitaph
Ep´i•taph, n. [F. epitaphe, L. epitaphium a funeral oration, fr. Gr., orig. an adj., over or at a tomb; ’epi• upon + tomb. Cf. Cenotaph.]
1. An inscription on, or at, a tomb, or a grave, in memory or commendation of the one buried there; a sepulchral inscription.
"Hang her an epitaph upon her tomb." Shak.
2. A brief writing formed as if to be inscribed on a monument, as that concerning Alexander: "Sufficit huic tumulus, cui non sufficeret orbis."

Epitaph
Ep´i•taph, v. t. To commemorate by an epitaph. [R.]
"Let me be epitaphed the inventor of English hexameters." G. Harvey.

Epitaph
Ep´i•taph, v. i. To write or speak after the manner of an epitaph. [R.]
"The common in their speeches epitaph upon him … "He lived as a wolf and died as a dog."" Bp. Hall.

Epitapher
Ep´i•taph•er, n. A writer of epitaphs. Nash. { Ep•i•taph´i•al, Ep•i•taph´i•an } a. Relating to, or of the nature of, an epitaph.
"The noble Pericles in his epitaphian speech." Milton.
"Epitaphial Latin verses are not to be taken too literally." Lowell.

Epitaphic
Ep•i•taph´ic, a. Pertaining to an epitaph; epitaphian. — n. An epitaph. Udall.

Epitaphist
Ep´i•taph•ist, n. An epitapher.

Epitasis
E•pit´a•sis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. a stretching, fr. to stretch upon or over; ’epi• upon + to stretch.]
1. That part which embraces the main action of a play, poem, and the like, and leads on to the catastrophe; — opposed to protasis.
2. (Med.) The period of violence in a fever or disease; paroxysm. Dunglison.

Epithalamic
Ep•i•tha•lam´ic, a. Belonging to, or designed for, an epithalamium.

Epithalamium
Ep•i•tha•la´mi•um, n. ; pl. Epithalamiums (#), L. Epithalamia (#). [L., fr. Gr., orig. an adj., nuptial; ’epi• upon, at + bride chamber.] A nuptial song, or poem in honor of the bride and bridegroom.
"The kind of poem which was called epithalamium … sung when the bride was led into her chamber." B. Jonson.

Epithalamy
Ep•i•thal´a•my, n. ; pl. Epithalamies . Epithalamium. [R.] Donne.

Epitheca
Ep•i•the´ca, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ’epi• upon + a case, box, fr. to place.] (Zoöl.) A continuous and, usually, structureless layer which covers more or less of the exterior of many corals.

Epithelial
Ep•i•the´li•al, a. Of or pertaining to epithelium; as epithelial cells; epithelial cancer.

Epithelioid
Ep•i•the´li•oid, a. [ Epithelium + -oid.] (Anat.) Like epithelium; as epithelioid cells.

Epithelioma
Ep•i•the•li•o´ma, n. [NL. See Epithelium, and -oma.] (Med.) A malignant growth containing epithelial cells; — called also epithelial cancer.

Epitheloid
Ep•i•the´loid, a. (Anat.) Epithelioid.

Epithem
Ep´i•them, n. [L. epithema, Gr., fr. to lay or put on: cf. F. epithème. See Epithet.] (Med.) Any external topical application to the body, except ointments and plasters, as a poultice, lotion, etc.

Epithesis
E•pith´e•sis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. a putting on; ’epi• upon + to place.] The addition of a letter at the end of a word, without changing its sense; as numb for num, whilst for whiles.

Epithet
Ep´i•thet, n. [L. epitheton, Gr., fr. added, fr. to add; ’epi• upon, to + to put, place: cf. F. epithète. See Do.]
1. An adjective expressing some quality, attribute, or relation, that is properly or specially appropriate to a person or thing; as a just man; a verdant lawn.
"A prince [Henry III.] to whom the epithet "worthless" seems best applicable." Hallam.
2. Term; expression; phrase. "Stuffed with epithets of war." Shak.
Syn. — Epithet, Title. The name epithet was formerly extended to nouns which give a title or describe character (as the "epithet of liar"), but is now confined wholly to adjectives. Some rhetoricians, as Whately, restrict it still further, considering the term epithet as belonging only to a limited class of adjectives, viz., those which add nothing to the sense of their noun, but simply hold forth some quality necessarily implied therein; as the bright sun, the lofty heavens, etc. But this restriction does not prevail in general literature. Epithet is sometimes confounded with application, which is always a noun or its equivalent.

Epithet
Ep´i•thet, v. t. To describe by an epithet. [R.]
"Never was a town better epitheted." Sir H. Wotton. { Ep•i•thet´ic, Ep•i•thet´ic•al } a. [Gr. added.] Pertaining to, or abounding with, epithets. "In epithetic measured prose." Lloyd.

Epithite
Ep´i•thite, n. [Gr. impostor.] A lazy, worthless fellow; a vagrant. [Obs.] Mason.

Epithumetic
Ep•i•thu•met´ic, a. Epithumetical. [Obs.]

Epithumetical
Ep•i•thu•met´ic•al, a. [Gr., fr. to long for, lust after; ’epi• + qymo•s soul, heart, desire.] Pertaining to sexual desire; sensual. Sir T. Browne.

Epitithides
Ep•i•tith´i•des, n. [NL., fr. Gr. to place upon. See Epithet.] (Arch.) The uppermost member of the cornice of an entablature.

Epitome
E•pit´o•me, n. ; pl. Epitomes (#). [L., fr. Gr. a surface incision, also and abridgment, fr. to cut into, cut short; ’epi• upon + te•mnein to cut: cf. F. epitome. See Tome.]
1. A work in which the contents of a former work are reduced within a smaller space by curtailment and condensation; a brief summary; an abridgement.
"[An] epitome of the contents of a very large book." Sydney Smith.
2. A compact or condensed representation of anything.
"An epitome of English fashionable life." Carlyle.
"A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind’s epitome." Dryden.
Syn. — Abridgement; compendium; compend; abstract; synopsis; abbreviature. See Abridgment.

Epitomize
E•pit´o•mize, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Epitomized p. pr. & vb. n. Epitomizing.]
1. To make an epitome of; to shorten or abridge, as a writing or discourse; to reduce within a smaller space; as to epitomize the works of Justin.
2. To diminish, as by cutting off something; to curtail; as to epitomize words. [Obs.] Addison.

Epitrite
Ep´i•trite, n. [Gr. containing an integer and one third ( i. e., &frac43;, or in the ratio of 4 to 3); ’epi• upon, over + the third: cf. L. epitritos, F. epitrite.] (Gr. & Lat. Pros.) A foot consisting of three long syllables and one short syllable. It is so called from being compounded of a spondee (which contains 4 times) with an iambus or a trochee (which contains 3 times). It is called 1st, 2d, 3d, or 4th epitrite according as the short syllable stands 1st, 2d, etc.

Epitrochlea
Ep•i•troch´le•a, n. [NL. See Epi-, and Trochlea.] (Anat.) A projection on the outer side of the distal end of the humerus; the external condyle.

Epitrochoid
Ep•i•tro´choid, n. [Pref. epi- + Gr. wheel + -oid.] (Geom.) A kind of curve. See Epicycloid, any Trochoid.

Epizeuxis
Ep•i•zeux´is, n. [L., fr. Gr. a fastening together, repetition, fr. to fasten to or upon; ’epi• upon + to join, yoke.] (Rhet.) A figure by which a word is repeated with vehemence or emphasis, as in the following lines: -
"Alone, alone, all all alone, Alone on a wide wide sea." Coleridge.

Epizoan
Ep•i•zo´an, n. (Zoöl.) An epizoön.

Epizoic
Ep•i•zo´ic, a. (Zoöl.) Living upon the exterior of another animal; ectozoic; — said of external parasites.

Epizoön
Ep•i•zo"ön, n. ; pl. Epizoa (#). [NL., fr. Gr. ’epi• upon + zw^,on animal.] (Zoöl.) One of the artificial group of invertebrates of various kinds, which live parasitically upon the exterior of other animals; an ectozoön. Among them are the lice, ticks, many acari, the lerneans, or fish lice, and other crustaceans.

Epizoötic
Ep•i•zo•öt"ic, a. [Cf. F. epizoötique.]
1. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to an epizoön.
2. (Geol.) Containing fossil remains; — said of rocks, formations, mountains, and the like. [Obs.]
"Epizoötic mountains are of secondary formation." Kirwan.
3. Of the nature of a disease which attacks many animals at the same time; — corresponding to epidemic diseases among men. { Ep•i•zo"ö•ty, Ep•i•zo•öt"ic }, n. [F. epizoötie.] An epizoötic disease; a murrain; an epidemic influenza among horses.

Epoch
Ep´och (ep"ok or e"pok; 277), n. [LL. epocha, Gr. ’epochh• check, stop, an epoch of a star, an historical epoch, fr. ’epe•chein to hold on, check; ’epi• upon + ’e•chein to have, hold; akin to Skr. sah to overpower, Goth. sigis victory, AS. sigor, sige, G. sieg: cf. F. epoque. See Scheme.]
1. A fixed point of time, established in history by the occurrence of some grand or remarkable event; a point of time marked by an event of great subsequent influence; as the epoch of the creation; the birth of Christ was the epoch which gave rise to the Christian era.
"In divers ages, … divers epochs of time were used." Usher.
"Great epochs and crises in the kingdom of God." Trench.
"The acquittal of the bishops was not the only event which makes the 30th of June, 1688, a great epoch in history." Macaulay. Epochs mark the beginning of new historical periods, and dates are often numbered from them.
2. A period of time, longer or shorter, remarkable for events of great subsequent influence; a memorable period; as the epoch of maritime discovery, or of the Reformation. "So vast an epoch of time." F. Harrison.
"The influence of Chaucer continued to live even during the dreary interval which separates from one another two important epochs of our literary history." A. W. Ward.
3. (Geol.) A division of time characterized by the prevalence of similar conditions of the earth; commonly a minor division or part of a period.
"The long geological epoch which stored up the vast coal measures." J. C. Shairp.
4. (Astron.) (a) The date at which a planet or comet has a longitude or position. (b) An arbitrary fixed date, for which the elements used in computing the place of a planet, or other heavenly body, at any other date, are given; as the epoch of Mars; lunar elements for the epoch March 1st, 1860.
Syn. — Era; time; date; period; age. — Epoch, Era. We speak of the era of the Reformation, when we think of it as a period, during which a new order of things prevailed; so also the era of good feeling, etc. Had we been thinking of the time as marked by certain great events, or as a period in which great results were effected, we should have called the times when these events happened epochs, and the whole period an epoch.
"The capture of Constantinople is an epoch in the history of Mahometanism; but the flight of Mahomet is its era." C. J. Smith.

Epode
Ep´ode, n. [L. epodos, Gr., fr., adj., singing to, sung or said after, fr. to sing to; ’epi• upon, to + to sing: cf. F. epode. See Ode.] (Poet.) (a) The after song; the part of a lyric ode which follows the strophe and antistrophe, — the ancient ode being divided into strophe, antistrophe, and epode. (b) A species of lyric poem, invented by Archilochus, in which a longer verse is followed by a shorter one; as the Epodes of Horace. It does not include the elegiac distich.

Eponymous
E•pon´y•mous, a. [Gr. ; ’epi• upon, to + for name.] Relating to an eponym; giving one’s name to a tribe, people, country, and the like.
"What becomes … of the Herakleid genealogy of the Spartan kings, when it is admitted that eponymous persons are to be canceled as fictions?" Grote.

Eponymy
E•pon´y•my, n. [Gr. a surname given after some person or thing.] The derivation of the name of a race, tribe, etc., from that of a fabulous hero, progenitor, etc.

Epoöphoron
Ep•o•öph"o•ron, n. [NL., from Gr. ’epi• upon + egg + fe•rein to bear.] (Anat.) See Parovarium. { Ep´o•pee•, Ep•o•pœ"ia } n. [F. epopee, Gr. ; ’e•pos song + to make. See Epos.] An epic poem; epic poetry.

Epos
Ep´os, n. [L., fr. Gr. .] An epic.

Epotation
Ep•o•ta´tion, n. [L. epotare, epotatum, to drink; e out + potare to drink.] A drinking up; a quaffing. [Obs.] Feltham.

eprouvette
e•prou•vette´, n. [F.] (Gun.) An apparatus for testing or proving the strength of gunpowder.

Epsomite
Ep´som•ite, n. Native sulphate of magnesia or Epsom salt. { Ep"som salts•salt• }. (Med.) Sulphate of magnesia having cathartic qualities; — originally prepared by boiling down the mineral waters at Epsom, England, — whence the name; afterwards prepared from sea water; but now from certain minerals, as from siliceous hydrate of magnesia.

Epulary
Ep´u•la•ry, a. [L. epularis, fr. epulum a feast: cf. F. epulaire.] Of or pertaining to a feast or banquet. [Obs.] Smart.

Epulation
Ep•u•la´tion, n. [L. epulatio.] A feasting or feast; banquet. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Epulis
E•pu´lis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. a gumboil; Gr. ’epi• upon + gums.] (Med.) A hard tumor developed from the gums.

Epulose
Ep´u•lose, a. [L. epulum a feast.] Feasting to excess. [Obs.]

Epulosity
Ep•u•los´i•ty, n. A feasting to excess. [Obs.]

Epulotic
Ep•u•lot´ic, a. [Gr., fr. to scar over or heal; ’epi• upon, over + whole.] Promoting the skinning over or healing of sores; as an epulotic ointment. — n. An epulotic agent.

Epuration
Ep•u•ra´tion, n. [L. e out, quite + purare to purify, purus pure.] Purification.

epure
e•pure´, n. [F.] (Fine Arts) A draught or model from which to build; especially, one of the full size of the work to be done; a detailed drawing.

Epworth League
Ep"worth League A religious organization of Methodist young people, founded in 1889 at Cleveland, Ohio, and taking its name from John Wesley’s birthplace, Epworth, Lincolnshire, England.