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Webster 1913 Edition
Hypobole
Hy-pob′o-le
,Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] a throwing under, a suggesting; [GREEK] under + [GREEK] to throw.]
(Rhet.)
A figure in which several things are mentioned that seem to make against the argument, or in favor of the opposite side, each of them being refuted in order.
Webster 1828 Edition
Hypobole
HYPOB'OLE
,Noun.
In rhetoric, a figure in which several things are mentioned that seem to make against the argument or in favor of the opposite side,and each of them is refuted in order.