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Webster 1913 Edition
Epichirema
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Epˊi-chi-re′ma
,Noun.
pl.
Epichiremata
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. [L., fr. Gr. [GREEK], from [GREEK] to attempt to prove.]
(Rhet. & Logic)
A syllogism in which the proof of the major or minor premise, or both, is introduced with the premises themselves, and the conclusion is derived in the ordinary manner.
[Written also
epicheirema
.]