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epexegeses

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ep⋅ex⋅e⋅ge⋅sis

[ep-ek-si-jee-sis]
–noun, plural -ses [-seez] . Rhetoric.
1. the addition of a word or words to explain a preceding word or sentence.
2. the word or words so added.

Origin:
1615–25; < Gk epexgēsis explanation. See ep-, exegesis
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