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Webster 1913 Edition


Ecbole

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Ec′bo-le

(ĕk′bō̍-lē)
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Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr.
ἐκβολή
a throwing out, a digression, fr.
ἐκβάλλειν
to throw out;
ἐκ
out of +
βάλλειν
to throw.]
(Rhet.)
A digression in which a person is introduced speaking his own words.