monumental inscription in honour or memory of a person deceased, or an inscription engraven or cut on a tomb, to mark the time of a person's decease, his name, family; and, usually, some eulogium of his virtues, or good qualities.

Epistasis, in ancient poetry, the second part or division of a dramatic poem, wherein the plot, entered upon in the first part, or protasis, was carried on, heightened, and worked up, till it arrived at its state, or height, called catastasis.

Epistasis, in medicine, the increase of a disease, or beginning of a paroxysm, particularly in a fever.