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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

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;
- Example: "the epilogue told what eventually happened to the main characters"
[syn: epilogue, epilog]



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.
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            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.
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WordNet (r) 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]