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epicheirema

Epichirema \Ep`i*chi*re"ma\, n.; pl. Epichiremata. [L., fr. Gr. ?, from ? to attempt to prove.] (Rhet. & Logic) A syllogism in which the proof of the major or minor premise, or both, is introduced with the premises themselves, and the conclusion is derived in the ordinary manner. [Written also epicheirema.]

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Two modes of abbreviating a Polysyllogism, are usually discussed, the Epicheirema and the Sorites.

Epicheirema, then, is an abbreviated chain of reasoning, or Polysyllogism, comprising an Episyllogism with one or two enthymematic Prosyllogisms.