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Webster 1913 Edition

Epigraph

Ep′i-graph

,
Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK]: cf. F.
épigraphe
. See
Epigram
.]
1.
Any inscription set upon a building; especially, one which has to do with the building itself, its founding or dedication.

Webster 1828 Edition

Epigraph

EP'IGRAPH

,
Noun.
[Gr. to write.] Among antiquaries, an inscription on a building, pointing out the time of its erection, the building, its uses, &c.

Definition 2025

epigraph

epigraph

English

The green set is the epigraph of the blue function

Noun

epigraph ‎(plural epigraphs)

  1. an inscription, especially one on a building.
  2. a literary quotation placed at the beginning of a book or other text.
  3. (mathematics, of a function) the set of all points lying on or above the function's graph.

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Translations

literary quotation placed at the beginning of a text

Verb

epigraph ‎(third-person singular simple present epigraphs, present participle epigraphing, simple past and past participle epigraphed)

  1. (transitive) To provide (a literary work) with an epigraph.

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