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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[L., reproof, fr. Gr. [GREEK] , fr. [GREEK] to strike at, reprove;

ἐπί

+ [GREEK] to strike.]

(Rhet.)

A figure by which a person seeks to convince and move by an elegant kind of upbraiding.

epiplexis

(rhetoric) A rhetorical figure seeking to convince and move by an elegant kind of upbraiding.