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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Epigraph \Ep"i*graph\, n. [Gr. ?, fr ?: cf F. ['e]pigraphe. See {Epigram}.] 1. Any inscription set upon a building; especially, one which has to do with the building itself its founding or dedication. 2. (Literature) A citation from some author, or a sentence framed for the purpose, placed at the beginning of a work or of its separate divisions; a motto. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: epigraph n 1: a quotation at the beginning of some piece of writing 2: an engraved inscription
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