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n. - A large table centerpiece with branching holders for fruit or sweets or flowers.

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  • There was even a silver epergne set in the center of the display.
  • There were fruit and nuts and raisins in a great silver epergne, with fat cupids making love among garlands.
  • The dinner epergne remained at chambers, and figured at the banquets there, which the Colonel gave pretty freely.
  • Cheapside, having invested some money in two desks, several pairs of richly-plated candlesticks, a dinner epergne, and a bagatelle-board.
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  • This word was used in the 2006 Scripps National Spelling Bee finals.
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