Meaning of EPILOGUE
| Pronunciation: | | 'epu`log
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- [n] a short passage added at the end of a literary work; "the epilogue told what eventually happened to the main characters"
- [n] a short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play
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| | Synonyms: | | epilog |
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| | See Also: | | address, close, closing, conclusion, end, ending, piece of writing, speech, writing, written material | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ep"i*logue\ (?; 115), n. [F. ['e]pilogue, L. epilogus,
fr. Gr. ? conclusion, fr. ? to say in addition; 'epi` upon,
besides + ? to say. See {Legend}.]
1. (Drama) A speech or short poem addressed to the spectators
and recited by one of the actors, after the conclusion of
the play.
A good play no epilogue, yet . . . good plays prove
the better by the help of good epilogues. --Shak.
2. (Rhet.) The closing part of a discourse, in which the
principal matters are recapitulated; a conclusion.
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