| epexegesis |
| Definition: Restating or reinterpreting what you have just said. Note: Those who do this are not yet called epexegetes. |
| Example: Whenever you use i.e. or that is to say or in other words and then restate what you just said, you are performing epexegesis. |
| Etymology: The word derives from the Greek epi, in addition + exegeisthai, explain or interpret (from ex, out + hegeisthai, to lead or guide). |
| Oxford English Dictionary: Its first OED citation is from 1621: "The latter part of the Apostles assertion is an epexegesis, or explication, of the former." (Bishop R. Montagu, Diatribæ 163 ) |