单词 | epexegesis |
释义 | epexegesisn. The addition of a word or words to convey more clearly the meaning implied, or the specific sense intended, in a preceding word or sentence; a word or words added for this purpose. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > [noun] > with additions epexegesis1621 1621 R. Montagu Diatribæ Hist. Tithes 163 The latter part of the Apostles assertion is an epexegesis, or explication, of the former. a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) ii. 130 Primarily and literally, not Princes, but Prophets, which is an epexegesis of Anointed. 1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 4 Oct. 3/1 The above may be very sound epexegesis. 1889 M. B. Betham-Edwards in A. Young Trav. France (new ed.) p. xxxiii These jottings of old age, interesting as they are, err on the side of redundancy and epexegesis. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1621 |
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