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in memory or commendation of the one buried there; a sepulchral inscription. Hang her an epitaph upon her tomb. Shak.

A writer of epitaphs. Nash.

Relating to, or of the nature of, an epitaph. The noble Pericles in his epitaphian speech. Milton. Epitaphial Latin verses are not to be taken too literally. Lowell.

Pertaining to an epitaph; epitaphian. -- n.

An epitapher.

That part which embraces the main action of a play, poem, and the like, and leads on to the catastrophe; -- opposed to protasis.

Belonging to, or designed for, an epithalamium.

al song, or poem in honor of the bride and bridegroom. The kind of poem which was called epithalamium . . . sung when the bride was led into her chamber. B. Jonson.

Epithalamium. [R.] Donne.

A continuous and, usually, structureless layer which covers more or less of the exterior of many corals.

Of or pertaining to epithelium; as, epithelial cells; epithelial cancer.

Like epithelium; as, epithelioid cells.

A malignant growth containing epithelial cells; -- called also epithelial cancer.

phatics, serous cavities, etc. It often includes the epidermis (i. e., keratin-producing epithelial cells), and it is sometimes restricted to the alimentary canal, the glands and their appendages, -- the term endothelium being applied to the lining membrane of the blood vessels, lymphatics, and serous cavities.…

Epithelioid.

Any external topical application to the body, except ointments and plasters, as a poultice, lotion, etc.

A horny excrescence upon the beak of birds.

The addition of a letter at the end of a word, without changing its sense; as, numb for num, whilst for whiles.

to a person or thing; as, a just man; a verdant lawn. A prince [Henry III.] to whom the epithet "worthless" seems best applicable. Hallam.

Pertaining to, or abounding with, epithets. "In epithetic measured prose." Lloyd.