单词 | epigraph |
释义 | epigraphn. 1. An inscription; esp. one placed upon a building, tomb, statue, etc., to indicate its name or destination; a legend on a coin. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written text > an inscription > [noun] onwritingOE writinga1382 inwritingc1384 writa1400 scripturec1400 scriptiona1425 style?a1527 inscriptiona1552 epigram1552 inscriptor1603 inscript1611 epigraph1624 scribings1870 wording1908 1624 Fisher in White's Repl. Fisher Pref. v These words..which should serue as an Epigraph vpon all their houses. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1662 (1955) III. 338 The Statue & epigraph under it of that renouned Physitian Dr. Harvey. 1697 J. Evelyn Numismata iii. 99 And this Epigraph, Quid me Persequeris. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature V. 90 The epigraph on the face, instead of the exurgue, is the precise Oriental custom of this day. 1832 C. Thirlwall in Philol. Museum 1 495 The epigraph of the thousand citizens who fell..at Chæronea. 1866 Reader 28 July 684 The oldest Samaritan epigraph now existing, which had been found immured in the wall of a mosque. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > matter of book > [noun] > colophon or imprint epigraph1633 colophon1774 imprint1790 imprimatur1970 society > communication > writing > written text > an inscription > [noun] > superscription titleOE superscriptiona1425 epigraph1633 titulus1844 society > communication > printing > printed matter > arrangement or appearance of printed matter > [noun] > heading > types of heading epigraph1633 under-title1687 subhead1744 side head1822 catchword1833 side heading1836 subject line1836 subheading1842 catchline1845 subject heading1853 cut-line1883 box head1899 caption1923 overline1923 underline1924 strap1960 strap-line1960 1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter i. 1 Our apostle puts in two words into the epigraph of this epistle, which he left out in the former. 1642 E. Dering Coll. Speeches on Relig. v. 20 You shall find it..in the Epigraphe of the Canons and Decrees. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) iii. vi. §116. 503 As he fronts it in the brazen Epigraph of his new Work. 1812 Monthly Rev. 67 145 Geneva was adopted for the epigraph of the title-page. 1826 R. Southey Lett. to C. Butler 217 He was of opinion that a diviner impulse had led him to chuse that epigraph [the title of a book]. 3. A short quotation or pithy sentence placed at the commencement of a work, a chapter, etc. to indicate the leading idea or sentiment; a motto. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > matter of book > [noun] > descriptive heading inscription1529 rubric1816 epigraph1850 1850 E. B. Browning Future & Past in Poems (new ed.) I. 362 And write me new my future's epigraph. 1860 S. Lover Legends & Stories Ireland (ed. 10) i The beautiful ballad whence the epigraph of this story is quoted. 1874 G. H. Lewes Probl. Life & Mind I. 123 That phrase which is placed as an epigraph to this chapter. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). epigraphv. transitive. To furnish with an epigraph. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > matter of book > [verb (transitive)] > title or heading entitlec1381 titlea1387 intitule1490 intitulate1575 overwrite1605 rubricate1793 subtitle1830 epigraph1860 1860 J. L. Motley Hist. Netherlands (1867) I. 526 (note) Also a paper epigraphed: ‘Lo que dijo J. B. Piata a Don Juan de Indiaquez,’ 24 June, 1586. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1624v.1860 |
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