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Epiplexis

Epiplexis Meaning & Definition
Epiplexis Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Epiplexis?

[n] a rhetorical device in which the speaker reproaches the audience in order to incite or convince them

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Epiplexis In Webster's Dictionary

\Ep`i*plex"is\, n. [L., reproof, fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to strike at, reprove; 'epi` + ? to strike.] (Rhet.) A figure by which a person seeks to convince and move by an elegant kind of upbraiding.

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