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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
ep·i·graph       [ep-i-graf, -grahf] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.an inscription, esp. on a building, statue, or the like.
2.an apposite quotation at the beginning of a book, chapter, etc.
[Origin: 1615–25; < Gk epigraph inscription. See epi-, -graph]
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
ep·i·graph       (ěp'ĭ-grāf')  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. An inscription, as on a statue or building.
  2. A motto or quotation, as at the beginning of a literary composition, setting forth a theme.


[Greek epigraphē, from epigraphein, to write on; see epigram.]

ep'i·graph'ic, ep'i·graph'i·cal adj., ep'i·graph'i·cal·ly adv.
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
epigraph 
1624, from Gk. epigraphe "an inscription," from epigraphein "to write on," from epi- "on" + graphein "write." Sense of "motto; short, pithy sentence at the head of a book or chapter" first recorded in Eng. 1844.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
epigraph

noun
1. a quotation at the beginning of some piece of writing 
2. an engraved inscription 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Epigraph

Ep"i*graph\, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ?: cf. F. ['e]pigraphe. See Epigram.]

1. Any inscription set upon a building; especially, one which has to do with the building itself, its founding or dedication.

2. (Literature) A citation from some author, or a sentence framed for the purpose, placed at the beginning of a work or of its separate divisions; a motto.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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