单词 | epilogue |
释义 | epiloguen. a. Rhetoric. The concluding part or peroration of a speech. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > narration > [noun] > conclusion conclusionc1405 epilogation1474 epilogo1588 resultance1610 resultancya1628 epilogue1644 epilogism1671 the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > a speech > concluding speech or part of speech parclosec1390 conclusionc1405 period1532 peroration1550 close1578 corollary1603 epilogue1644 closing argument1819 snapper1857 1644 J. Bulwer Chirologia 48 Commended the use and signification of this gesture; but in Epilogue onely. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > narration > [noun] > summarizing > summary sum1340 conclusionc1405 capitlea1425 docketa1483 chapiter1483 summary1509 summar1565 collection1579 continent1590 epilogue1646 summing up1795 sum-up1848 sum totalization1855 run-through1946 1646 F. Hawkins tr. Youths Behaviour (ed. 4) 34 If any one come on a sudden whilst thou talkest..it is seemely to make a little Epilogue, and briefe collection of what thou deliveredst. 2. a. The concluding part of a literary work; an appendix. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > matter of book > [noun] > postface or conclusion envoyc1398 extraduction1533 epilogue1564 heel1608 explicit1660 post-face1742 afterword1890 society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > parts of a written composition > [noun] > epilogue, envoy, or conclusion parclosec1390 envoyc1398 conclusionc1405 l'envoy1430 subscriptionc1450 extraduction1533 epilogue1564 surclose1589 corollary1603 post-face1742 retroduction1786 explicit1849 snapper1857 1564 Briefe Exam. ****** iiij Now at length are you come to the Epiloge (as it were) or full conclusion of your worke. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xxxiii. 202 A Preface in the beginning, and an Epilogue in the end. 1704 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 24 1610 To this Book he subjoyns an Epilogue, containing some general Corollaries. 1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues I. 182 The epilogue or conclusion of the Dialogue has been criticised. b. In extended use. ΚΠ 1658 G. Starkey Natures Explic. 230 For an epilogue of his Feaver, contracts a Chronick disease. 1882–3 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. 560 The fifth œcumenical council..is generally considered as a mere epilogue to the Council of Chalcedon. 3. a. A speech or short poem addressed to the spectators by one of the actors after the conclusion of the play. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > epilogue epilogue1600 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream v. i. 346 No Epilogue, I pray you. For your Play needs no excuse. View more context for this quotation 1647 Epil. to Fletcher & Massinger's Custome of Countrey in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. sig. Dd/2 Why there should be an Epilogue to a Play. I know no cause. 1719 E. Young Busiris Epil. sig. F4 The Race of Criticks, dull judicious Rogues, To Mournful Plays deny Brisk Epilogues. 1782 J. Warton Ess. on Pope (new ed.) II. viii. 113 His epilogue to the Tartuffe. 1891 N.E.D. at Epilogue Mod. The Epilogue to the Westminster Play appears in the Times of to-day. b. Figurative and in extended use. ΚΠ a1644 F. Quarles Solomons Recantation (1645) x. 50 Folly brings in the Prologue with his tongue, Whose Epilogue is Rage and open wrong. c1788 E. Burke Impeachm. W. Hastings in Wks. XIV. 204 You have heard as much of the drama as I could go through..Mr. Larkins's letter will be the epilogue to it. Compounds attributive. ΚΠ 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. viii. 220 The Hostesse..ran after the Epilogue-speaker. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021). epiloguev. transitive. To put an epilogue to. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > part of poem > compose part of poem [verb (transitive)] > compose ending to epilogue1596 epilogize1623 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > acting > act [verb (transitive)] > speak epilogue of epilogue1596 epilogate1652 1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) x. lx. 263 To epilogue our Tragedie, now Adoniah acts. 1758 Monthly Rev. 19 App. 621 The whole being epilogued with a most delectable poem. 1833 C. Lamb Let. 29 Nov. (1935) III. 391 Knowles's play..epilogued by me. 1889 Sat. Rev. 21 Dec. 705/1 Mr. Dobson..prologues and epilogues the selection with charming verses of his own. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < n.1564v.1596 |
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