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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

epilogue
    n 1: a short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the
         audience by an actor at the end of a play [syn: epilogue,
         epilog]
    2: a short passage added at the end of a literary work; "the
       epilogue told what eventually happened to the main
       characters" [syn: epilogue, epilog]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
      [1913 Webster]

            A good play no epilogue, yet . . . good plays prove
            the better by the help of good epilogues. --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Rhet.) The closing part of a discourse, in which the
      principal matters are recapitulated; a conclusion.
      [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Epilogue:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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