exegesis (eksejesis)

[= F. exégèse = Pg. exegese, exegesis = It. esegesi = D. G. Dan. ex egese = Sw. exeges, Every progre in exegesis must have its effect upon systematic theology and the symbolic statement of truth. Schaff , Christ and Christianity, p. 169. The ingenuity of orthodox exegesis has always been equal to the task of making Scripture mean whatever is required. J. Fiske, Evolutionist, p. 227. 2. A discourse intended to explain or illustrate a subject; specifically, an exercise in Biblical interpretation sometimes prescribed to students of theology when on examination preliminary to licensure or ordination.-3t. In math., in the language of Vieta and other early algebraists, the numerical or geometrical solution of an equation.