Exegesis

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Exegesis \Ex`e*ge"sis\, n.; pl. {Exegeses}. [NL., fr.Gr. ?,fr. ?
     to explain, interpret; ? out + ? to guide, lead, akin, to ?
     to lead. See {Agent}.]
     1. Exposition; explanation; especially, a critical
        explanation of a text or portion of Scripture.
        [1913 Webster]


  
     2. (Math.) The process of finding the roots of an equation.
        [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  exegesis
       n : an explanation or critical interpretation (especially of the
           Bible)
       [also: {exegeses} (pl)]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  40 Moby Thesaurus words for "exegesis":
     allegorization, annotation, apparatus criticus, clarification,
     comment, commentary, commentation, construction, cracking,
     decipherment, decoding, demonstration, demythologization, editing,
     elucidation, emendation, enlightenment, euhemerism,
     exemplification, explanation, explication, expose, exposition,
     expounding, footnote, gloss, illumination, illustration,
     interpretation, light, notation, note, note of explanation,
     rationale, reason, scholium, simplification, solution, unlocking,
     word of explanation