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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. E-pĭp'hy-sĭs, n.p. 457(Anat.) A portion of a bone separated from the body of the bone by cartilage, which becomes converted into a bone by age.
  2. E-pĭph'y-tal, a.p. 457(Bot.) Pertaining to an epiphyte.
  3. Ĕp'i-phȳte, n.p. 457(Bot.) A plant which grows on other plants, but does not derive its nourishment from them; an air-plant. Gray.
  4. Ĕp'i-phy̆t'ic or Ĕp'i-phy̆t'ic-al, a.p. 457(Bot.) Having the nature of an epiphyte.
  5. Ĕp'i-phy̆t'ic-al-ly, adv.p. 457(Bot.) After the manner of an epiphyte.
  6. Ĕp'i-ple-rō'sis, n.p. 457(Med.) Excessive fullness or distention, as of the arteries with blood.
  7. Ĕp'i-plĕx'is, n.p. 457(Rhet.) A figure by which a person seeks to convince and move by gentle upbraiding.
  8. E-pĭp'lo-çe, n.p. 457(Rhet.) A figure by which one aggravation, or striking circumstance, is added, in due gradation, to another; as, “He not only spared his enemies, but continued them in employment; not only continued…
  9. E-pĭp'lo-cēle, n.p. 457(Med.) Hernia of the epiploon or omentum.
  10. Ep'i-p'lō'ic, a.p. 457Pertaining to the caul or omentum.
  11. E-pĭp'lo-ōn, n.p. 457(Anat.) The caul or omentum; a membranous expansion which floats upon the intestines.
  12. Ĕp'i-pōl'ĭc, a.p. 457(Opt.) Producing, or relating to, epipolism or fluorescence.
  13. E-pĭp'o-lĭsm, n.p. 457(Opt.) The same as FLUORESCENCE. See FLUORESCENCE. Herschel.
  14. E-pĭp′ō-līzed, a.p. 457Changed to the epipolic condition, or that in which the phenomenon of fluorescence is presented; as, epipolized light. Stokes.
  15. E-pis'co-pa-cy, n.p. 457Oversight; watch; careful inspection. [Obs.] 2. Government of the church by bishops or prelates; that form of ecclesiastical government in which diocesan bishops are established, as distinct from…
  16. E-pĭs'co-pal, a.p. 457Governed by bishops; as, an episcopal church. 2. Belonging to, or vested in, bishops or prelates; as, episcopal jurisdiction or authority.
  17. E-pĭs'e-o-pā'ti-an, a.p. 457Pertaining to bishops, or government by bishops; episcopal.
  18. E-pis'co-pā'li-an, n.p. 457One who belongs to an episcopal church, or adheres to the episcopal form of church government and discipline; a churchman.
  19. E-pĭs′/ĕo-pā′lĭ-an-ĭṣm, n.p. 457The doctrine of government of the church by bishops; episcopacy.
  20. E-pis'eo-pal-ly, adv.p. 457By episcopal authority; in an episcopal manner.
  21. E-pis'co-pant, n.p. 457A bishop. [Obs.] Milton.
  22. E-pis'co-pate, n.p. 457A bishopric; the office and dignity of a bishop. 2. The collective body of bishops.
  23. E-pĭs'co-pāte, v. i.p. 457To act as a bishop; to fill the office of a prelate. [Obs.] “Feeding the flock and episcopating.” Milton.
  24. E-pis'eo-pi-cide, n.p. 457The killing of a bishop.
  25. E-pis'co-py, n.p. 457Survey; superintendence. [Obs.] Milton.
  26. Ep'i-sōd'al, a.p. 457The same as EPISODIC.
  27. Ĕp'i-sōde, n.p. 457(Rhet.) A separate incident, story, or action, introduced for the purpose of giving a greater variety to the events related; an incidental narrative, or digression, separable from the main subject…
  28. Ĕp'i-sō'di-al, a.p. 457Pertaining to an episode; by way of episode; episodic.
  29. Ep'i-sōd'ie or Ep'i-sōd'ie-al, a.p. 457Pertaining to an episode; contained in an episode or digression.
  30. Ĕp'i-sōd'ie-al-ly, adv.p. 457By way of episode.
  31. Ep'i-spās'tic, a.p. 457(Med.) Attracting the humors to the skin; exciting action in the skin; blistering.
  32. Ep'i-spăs'tic, n.p. 457(Med.) An external application to the skin, which produces a puriform or serous discharge by exciting inflammation; a vesicatory.
  33. Ĕp'i-spĕrm, n.p. 457(Bot.) The skin or coat of a seed, especially the outer coat. Gray.
  34. Ĕp'i-spĕrm'ic, a.p. 457(Bot.) Pertaining to, or belonging to, the episperm, or covering of a seed.
  35. Ĕp'i-stăx'is, n.p. 457(Med.) The act or state of bleeding from the nose.
  36. E-pĭs'te-mŏl'o-gy, n.p. 457The theory or science of the method or grounds of knowledge.
  37. Ĕp'/i-stĕr'/nal, a.p. 457(Anat.) Adjoining the sternal pieces on either side, as in a turtle. Dunglison.
  38. Ep'is-thōl'o-nōs, n.p. 457(Med.) A spasmodic affection in which the body is bent forward. Brande.
  39. Ĕp'i-stĭl'bīte, n.p. 457(Min.) A crystallized, transparent mineral, consisting chiefly of the silicates of alumina and lime.
  40. E-pis'tle, n.p. 457A writing directed or sent to a person at a distance; a letter; a letter missive.
  41. E-pĭs'tle, v. t.p. 457To write; to communicate in a letter or by writing. [Obs.] Milton.
  42. E-pĭs'tler, n.p. 457A writer of epistles. [Obs.] 2. One who attends the communion table and reads the Epistles. [Obs.] Bailey.
  43. E·pis'to-lar, a.p. 457Epistolary. Sir T. More.
  44. E-pis'to-la-ry, a.p. 457Pertaining to epistles or letters; suitable to letters and correspondence; as, an epistolary style. 2. Contained in letters; carried on by letters. “A free epistolary correspondence.” W. Mason.
  45. E-pis'to-lēt, n.p. 457A short letter or epistle. C. Lamb.
  46. Ep'is-tōl'ic or Ep'is-tōl'ic-al, a.p. 457Pertaining to letters or epistles; epistolary. 2. Designating the method of representing ideas by letters and words.
  47. E-pis'to-līze, v. i.p. 457To write epistles. Howell.
  48. E-pis'to-līz'er, n.p. 457A writer of epistles. Howell.
  49. E·pis'to-lo-grāph'ie, a.p. 457Pertaining to the writing of letters; epistolary. Epistolographic characters, or mode of writing, the same as DEMOTIC. See DEMOTIC.
  50. E-pĭs'to-lŏg'ra-phy, n.p. 457The art or practice of writing letters.
  51. E-pis'to-mā, n.p. 458(Conch.) The space between the antennæ and the cavity of the mouth in crustaceous animals.
  52. E-pĭs'tro-phe, n.p. 458(Rhet.) A figure in which several successive clauses or sentences end with the same word or affirmation; as, “Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I.” 2 Cor. xi. 22.
  53. Ĕp′i-stȳle, n.p. 458(Anc. Arch.) A massive piece of stone or wood laid immediately on the abacus of the capital of a column or pillar; — now called architrave. Gwill.
  54. Ĕp'i-tăph, n.p. 458An inscription on a monument, in honor or in memory of the dead. Hang her an epitaph upon her tomb. Shak. 2. A brief descriptive sentence, in prose or verse, formed as if to be inscribed on a…
  55. Ĕp'i-tā'phi-an or Ĕp'i-tăph'ic, a.p. 458Pertaining to, or having the nature of, an epitaph. Milton.
  56. Ĕp'i-tăph'ist, n.p. 458A writer of epitaphs.
  57. E-pĭt'a-sĭs, n.p. 458That part which embraces the main action of a play, poem, and the like, and leads on to the catastrophe; — opposed to protasis. See PROTASIS. 2. (Med.) The period of violence in a fever or disease…
  58. Ep-i-tha-lām'ic, a.p. 458Belonging to, or designed for, an epithalamium.
  59. Ep'i-tha-lā'mi-ăm or Ep'i-thāl'a-myp. 458n. [Gr. ἐπιθαλάμιον (sc. μέλος), from ἐπιθαλάμιος, belonging to a bridal, nuptial, from ἐπί and θάλαμος, bride-chamber, bridal bed, marriage; Lat. epithalamium, Fr. épithalame.] A nuptial song or…
  60. Ĕp'i-thē'lĭ-ŭm, n.p. 458(Anat.) The layer of minute cells or scales which forms the covering of many animal membranes. It enters also into the structure of glandular organs.