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Webster 1913 Edition


Epi-

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Ep′i-

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[Gr.
ἐπί
on, upon, to; akin to Skr.
api
besides, and prob. to L.
ob
to, before, on account of, and perh. to E.
of
,
off
.]
A prefix, meaning upon, beside, among, on the outside, above, over. It becomes ep-before a vowel, as in epoch, and eph-before a Greek aspirate, as in ephemeral.