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Webster 1913 Edition


Paromology

Parˊo-mol′o-gy

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Noun.
[Gr. fr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] to grant; [GREEK] by, near + [GREEK] to speak together, agree. See
Homologous
.]
(Rhet.)
A concession to an adversary in order to strengthen one’s own argument.