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Webster 1913 Edition
Epiploce
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E-pip′lo-ce
,Noun.
[L., connection, from Gr. [GREEK] a plaiting together, fr. [GREEK] to plait or braid in;
ἐπί
upon + [GREEK] to twist, plait.] (Rhet.)
A figure by which one striking circumstance is added, in due gradation, to another; climax; e. g., “He not only spared his enemies, but continued them in employment; not only continued, but advanced them.”
Johnson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Epiploce
EPIP'LOCE
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epiploce
epiploce
English
Noun
epiploce (uncountable)
- (rhetoric) A figure of speech by which one striking circumstance is added, in due gradation, to another; climax; e.g. "He not only spared his enemies, but continued them in employment; not only continued, but advanced them."
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