||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.]