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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionaryep·i·logue nounalso ep·i·log \ˈe-pə-ˌlȯg, -ˌläg\ ETYMOLOGY Middle English epiloge, from Middle French epilogue, from Latin epilogus, from Greek epilogos, from epilegeinto say in addition, from epi- + legein to say — more at legend DATE 15th century1. a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work2. a. a speech often in verse addressed to the audience by an actor at the end of a play; also : the actor speaking such an epilogue b. the final scene of a play that comments on or summarizes the main action3. the concluding section of a musical composition : codaEnglish Etymologyepilogue 1564, from M.Frhttp://M.Fr. epilogue, from L. epilogus, from Gk. epilogos"conclusion of a speech," from epi- "upon, in addition" + logos "a speaking." Earliest Eng. sense was theatrical.Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7epilogueepi·logue / 5epilC^; NAmE -lC:^; -lB:^ / noun a speech, etc. at the end of a play, book, or film / movie that comments on or acts as a conclusion to what has happened (剧本、书籍、电影等的)收场白,尾声,后记,跋⇨ compare prologueWebster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridgedep·i·logueI. nounalso ep·i·log \ˈepəˌlȯg also -pēˌ- or -pi- or -läg\(-s)Etymology: Middle English epiloge, from Middle French epilogue, from Latin epilogus, from Greek epilogos, from epilegein to say in addition, from epi- + legein to speak, gather — more at legend1. : the final part that serves typically to round out or complete the design of a nondramatic literary work : conclusion < only in prefaces, epilogues and topical interjections … did they achieve ease and force — Boris Ford >— called also afterword; compare foreword, preface2. a. (1) : a speech often in verse addressed to the audience by one or more of the actors at the end of a play < a good play needs no epilogue yet … good plays prove the better by the help of good epilogues — Shakespeare > — compare prologue (2) : the actor speaking such an epilogue < it is not the fashion to see the lady the epilogue but it is no more unhandsome than to see the lord the prologue — Shakespeare > b. : the final scene of a play whose main action is set within a framework < the epilogue reassembles the characters of the prologue, their experience enriched by the insight that the main body of the plot has given them — F.H.O'Hara & Margueritte Bro >3. : something felt to resemble an epilogue: as a. : an incident or series of events that completes, rounds out, or gives point to a previous incident or series of events < the story can be regarded either as an epilogue to the history of Roman Britain or as a prologue to the history of Saxon England — F.M.Stenton > b. : the concluding section of a musical composition : codaII. transitive verb(-ed/-ing/-s): to supply with an epilogue

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