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Epilogue
//ˈɛp.ɪ.lɒɡ// noun, verb
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A short speech, spoken directly at the audience at the end of a play
"In the play’s epilogue, the actor addressed the audience directly."
- 2 a short passage added at the end of a literary work wordnet
- 3 The performer who gives this speech
- 4 a short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play wordnet
- 5 A brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece; an afterword
"The novel ended with a short epilogue."
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- 6 A component of a computer program that prepares the computer to return from a routine.
Verb
- 1 To conclude with an epilogue. transitive
Etymology
Etymology 1
From French épilogue, from Latin epilogus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίλογος (epílogos, “a conclusion, peroration of a speech, epilogue of a play”), from ἐπιλέγω (epilégō, “to say in addition”). Eclipsed Middle English lenvoie (“epilogue”) borrowed ultimately from Old French. Equiavlent to epi- + -logue.
Etymology 2
From French épilogue, from Latin epilogus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίλογος (epílogos, “a conclusion, peroration of a speech, epilogue of a play”), from ἐπιλέγω (epilégō, “to say in addition”). Eclipsed Middle English lenvoie (“epilogue”) borrowed ultimately from Old French. Equiavlent to epi- + -logue.
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