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epigraph Definition

epi·graph (ep′ə graf′)

noun

  1. an inscription on a building, monument, etc.
  2. a brief quotation placed at the beginning of a book, chapter, etc.

Etymology: Gr epigraphē, inscription < epigraphein: see epigram

epigraph Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • have: If I recall it had wonderful little epigraphs setting off each chapter.
  • provide: Memorials are a method of providing a visible epigraph to the memory of a loved one.

Adjective modifier

  • second: My second epigraph is from RASC, p. 258.
epigraph Quotes

[This] much curse I must send you, in the behalf of all poets, that while you live, you live in love, and never get favour for lacking skill of a sonnet, and, when you die, your memorydie fromthe earth for want of an epigraph.

—Sidney, Sir Philip