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epexegetic

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ep⋅ex⋅e⋅get⋅ic

  [ep-ek-si-jet-ik]
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–adjective
of, serving as, or like an epexegesis.
Also, ep⋅ex⋅e⋅get⋅i⋅cal.

Origin:
1885–90; < Gk epexēgētikós. See epexegesis, -tic

Related forms:
ep⋅ex⋅e⋅get⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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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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