1. Serving to explain or clarify; providing additional explanation or interpretation of a preceding word or phrase.
Usage: Primarily used in grammar, rhetoric, and biblical scholarship.; Often describes a clause or phrase that restates or elaborates on what came before.

Examples

• The phrase 'my brother, John' contains an epexegetical appositive that identifies which brother is meant.
• In the sentence 'The king, who ruled justly, was beloved,' the relative clause is epexegetical.
• Biblical scholars use epexegetical analysis to understand how ancient texts clarify earlier passages.
• The epexegetical function of the second clause helps readers grasp the full meaning of the first.
• Grammarians recognize epexegetical constructions as a common device for adding precision to language.