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Noun: epexegesis (epexegeses)  e,pek-su'jee-sis
  1. (rhetoric) the addition of words to clarify meaning, especially a restatement of a preceding word or phrase
    "The phrase 'that is to say' often introduces an epexegesis"

Derived forms: epexegeses