A variant spelling of epicheirema; a rhetorical or logical argument that includes explanatory reasons for its premises.
From Greek epi- + cheirēma (thing done by hand). This spelling variation appears in different historical texts and represents the same concept as epicheirema.
The variation between 'epicheirema' and 'epichirema' shows how ancient Greek words were transliterated differently as they traveled through Latin into English—translators had to make choices about how to represent Greek sounds.
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