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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Epilogue \Ep"i*logue\ (?; 115), n. [F. ['e]pilogue, L. epilogus, fr Gr ? conclusion, fr ? to say in addition; 'epi` upon besides + ? to say See {Legend}.] 1. (Drama) A speech or short poem addressed to the spectators and recited by one of the actors, after the conclusion of the play. A good play no epilogue, yet . . . good plays prove the better by the help of good epilogues. --Shak. 2. (Rhet.) The closing part of a discourse, in which the principal matters are recapitulated; a conclusion. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: epilogue n 1: a short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play [syn: {epilog}] 2: a short passage added at the end of a literary work "the epilogue told what eventually happened to the main characters" [syn: {epilog}]
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