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epigraph \EP-i-graf\

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noun1. An inscription on a building or statue.2. A quotation introducing a book or a chapter.[From Greek epi- (on, upon) + -graph (writing).]"A Counterfeit Silence includes an epigraph from Thornton Wilder: 'Even speech was for them a debased form of silence.'" - William Grono and Dennis Haskell; Solitary Writer Randolph Stow Chose Silence; The Australian (Sydney); Jun 1, 2010.

Front	epigraph \EP-i-graf\
Back	noun 1. An inscription on a building or statue. 2. A quotation introducing a book or a chapter. [From Greek epi- (on, upon) + -graph (writing).] "A Counterfeit Silence includes an epigraph from Thornton Wilder: 'Even speech was for them a debased form of silence.'" - William Grono and Dennis Haskell; Solitary Writer Randolph Stow Chose Silence; The Australian (Sydney); Jun 1, 2010.

Epigraph Ep I Graf Noun Inscription Building Statue Quotation Introducing