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Webster 1913 Edition

Epithesis

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E-pith′e-sis

,

Noun.

[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] a putting on;

ἐπί

upon + [GREEK] to place.]

The addition of a letter at the end of a word, without changing its sense;

as,

numb

for

num

,

whilst

for

whiles

.