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Found 7 hits - Term: epic, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
epic \ep"ic\, a. l. epicus, gr. ?, from ? a word, speech, tale,
   song; akin to l. vox voice: cf. f. 'epique. see voice.
   narrated in a grand style; pertaining to or designating a
   kind of narrative poem, usually called an heroic poem, in
   which real or fictitious events, usually the achievements of
   some hero, are narrated in an elevated style.
   1913 webster

         the epic poem treats of one great, complex action, in a
         grand style and with fullness of detail. --t. arnold.
   1913 webster
see also:
voice 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
epic \ep"ic\, n.
   an epic or heroic poem. see epic, a.
   1913 webster
see also:
epic 
[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
epic
     adj 1: very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary
            especially in size or scale; "an epic voyage"; "of
            heroic proportions"; "heroic sculpture" syn: heroic,
             larger-than-life
     2: constituting or having to do with or suggestive of a
        literary epic; "epic tradition" syn: epical
     n : a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds syn: epic
         poem, heroic poem, epos
see also:
heroic larger-than-life epical epic poem heroic poem epos 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
77 moby thesaurus words for "epic":
   english sonnet, horatian ode, italian sonnet, petrarchan sonnet,
   pindaric ode, sapphic ode, shakespearean sonnet, account, alba,
   anacreontic, anecdotage, anecdote, balada, ballad, ballade,
   bucolic, canso, chanson, chronicle, clerihew, dirge, dithyramb,
   eclogue, elegy, epigram, epithalamium, epode, epopee, epopoeia,
   epos, georgic, ghazel, haiku, idyll, jingle, limerick, lyric,
   madrigal, monody, narration, narrative, narrative poem,
   nursery rhyme, ode, palinode, pastoral, pastoral elegy, pastorela,
   pastourelle, poem, prothalamium, rhyme, rondeau, rondel, roundel,
   roundelay, saga, satire, sestina, sloka, song, sonnet,
   sonnet sequence, story, tale, tanka, tenso, tenzone, threnody,
   triolet, troubadour poem, verse, verselet, versicle, villanelle,
   virelay, yarn




[5] : Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)
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[6] : Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)
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     european public sector information systems conference
     
     

[7] : Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)
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Epic, definition of term: Epic
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Epic Poem >> E Words
Epic Poem, definition of term: Epic Poem
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