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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Epic \Ep"ic\, n.
An epic or heroic poem. See {Epic}, a.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Epic \Ep"ic\, a. [L. epicus, Gr ?, from ? a word speech, tale,
song; akin to L. vox voice: cf F. ['e]pique. See {Voice}.]
Narrated in a grand style; pertaining to or designating a
kind of narrative poem, usually called an heroic poem, in
which real or fictitious events, usually the achievements of
some hero, are narrated in an elevated style.
The epic poem treats of one great, complex action in a
grand style and with fullness of detail. --T. Arnold.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
epic
adj 1: surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale; "an
epic voyage"; "of heroic proportions"; "heroic
sculpture" [syn: {heroic}, {larger-than-life}]
2: constituting or having to do with or suggestive of a
literary epic; "epic tradition" [syn: {epical}]
n : a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds [syn: {epic
poem}, {epos}]
From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]:
EPIC
Electronic Privacy Information Center (cryptography)
From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]:
EPIC
European Public sector Information systems Conference
From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]:
EPIC
Explicit Parallelism Instruction Computing (Intel)
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