资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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}.]