epilogismt (epilojizm)

[ reckonos, an account: see logic, logistic. Exce in reckoning; addition in computation. The Greek and Hebrew making a difference of two you sand years,... this epilogism must be detracted from the Hebrew or superadded to the Greek. Gregory, Post huma (1650), p. 171. epilogistic (epi-lō-jis'tik), a. [ epilog ( ue ) + -ist-ic; cf. Gr. ἐπιλογιστικός, able to calculate: see epilogism .] Pertaining to epilogues; of the nature of an epilogue. These lines are an epilogistic palinode to the last elegy. T. Warton, Notes to Milton's Smaller Poems. epilogize (ep'i-lō-jiz), v.; pret. pret. and pp. epilo- gized , ppr. epilogizing . [Also epiloguize ; ἐπιλογίζεσθαι , addre the peroration or epilogue, epilogue .] I. trans. To add to in the manner of an epilogue. The laugh of applause with which the charming com- panion of my new acquaintance was epilogizing his happy raillery. Student (1750), I. 143. II. in trans. To write or pronounce an epilogue; use the style of epilogues. epilogue (ep'i-log), n. [= D. epiloog = G. epi log = Dan. Sw. epilog , épilogue = Sp. epi logo = Pg. It. epilogo , epilog us , ἐπιλέγειν , say in addition, λέγειν , say.] 1. In rhet ., the conclusion or closing part of a discourse or oration; the peroration. The office of the epilogue is not merely to avoid an abrupt close and provide a formal termination, but to confirm and increase the effect of what has been said, and leave the hearer as favorably disposed as po ible to the speaker's cause and unfavorably to that of his opponents. Accordingly, an epilogue in its more complete form consists of two divisions - ( a ) a reреtiti on of the principal points previously treated, and (b) an appeal to the feelings. Farmer , Demoniacs of New Testament, i. § 5. ... IMG:content-0611.png:[blocks in formation] epilabrum (ep-i-la'brum), n.; pl. epila bra (-bra). (-bra). [NL. (Packard, 1883), Head of Scolopendra , from below and stipes ( St ); Ant , antenna. A plague upon your epileptic visage! Smile you my speeches, as I were a fool? Shak., Lear, ii. 2. Epileptic aura. See aural. II. n. One affected with epilepsy. Epileptics are very often found to have had a father or mother attacked with some nervous disorder. Quain, Med. Dict., p. 445.