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Merriam Webster's

noun (plural epexegeses) Etymology: Greek epex?g?sis, from epi- + ex?g?sis exegesis Date: circa 1577 additional explanation or explanatory matter • epexegetical or epexegetic adjective • epexegetically adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. epexegeses) 1 the addition of words to clarify meaning (e.g. to do in difficult to do). 2 the words added. Derivatives: epexegetic adj. epexegetical adj. epexegetically adv. Etymology: Gk epexegesis (as EPI-, EXEGESIS)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Epexegesis Ep*ex`e*ge"sis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? detailed narrative, fr. ? to recount in detail; 'epi` + ? to lead, point out. See Exegesis.] A full or additional explanation; exegesis.