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epexegesis

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ep⋅ex⋅e⋅ge⋅sis

  [ep-ek-si-jee-sis]
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–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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ep·ex·e·ge·sis   (ěp-ěk'sə-jē'sĭs)   
n.  Additional explanation or explanatory material.

[Greek epexēgēsis, from epexēgeisthai, to explain in detail : ep-, epi-, epi- + exēgeisthai, to explain; see exegesis.]
ep·ex'e·get'ic (-jět'ĭk), ep·ex'e·get'i·cal adj.
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